MEP — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FgMEP (FGRAMPH1_01G12949) on chromosome 2 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1 encodes a protein with a Peptidase_M36 domain, fungal virulence M36 domain, FTP domain, and Peptidase_M4/M1_CTD_sf domain, classified as a metalloendopeptidase with . The gene is associated with proteolysis, nitrate metabolism, and hyphal growth, and its product is localized extracellularly. Related genes in other species link this family to reduced virulence and effector (plant avirulence determinant) functions, as well as to diseases including fusarium head blight in wheat and stalk rot and leaf blight in maize.