TRI6 — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FGRAMPH1_01G13109 (TRI6) on chromosome 2 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1 encodes a C2H2-type zinc-finger transcription regulator of the Tri6 family. The product binds nucleic acids and zinc and localises to the nucleus. TRI6 is associated with a wide range of biological processes, including organogenesis, perithecium formation, asexual reproduction, spore germination, pigmentation, polyamine metabolism and transport, ethylene and pyruvate metabolism, nitrogen utilisation, mycose and fumonisin biosynthesis, regulation of secondary metabolism, toxin anabolism, and innate immunity. It is also linked to traits such as glucose content, germination rate, and phosphate content. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to reduced virulence and fusarium ear blight.