FDB2 — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FDB2 (FGRAMPH1_01G25907) on chromosome 4 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1 encodes a protein containing an arylamine N-acetyltransferase domain and a papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily domain, with annotated acetylase activity. The gene is associated with detoxification as a biological process. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence and to fusarium head blight, a disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum). The family also shows sequence similarity to proteins from Verticillium dahliae and several Fusarium oxysporum formae speciales.