XLNB — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FGRAMPH1_01G20977 (symbols XLNB, XYLA) on chromosome 3 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1 encodes a GH11 family endo-1,4-beta-xylanase. The gene is annotated to xylan breakdown and its product is localised extracellularly. It is associated with the related genes XYLA and XLNB. Related genes in other species link the GH11 family to the enzyme class EC 3.2.1.8 and to apoplastic effector function. Sequence similarity connections also associate the family with the plant pathogens Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense TR4, as well as with vascular wilt disease, though pathogenicity was unaffected in some related gene knockouts.