VELB — Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287

Summary

FOXG_00016 (symbol VELB, preferred name FoVELB) on chromosome 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287 encodes a protein containing a Velvet domain, placing it in the Velvet family. The gene is associated with cellular response to light stimulus, negative regulation of conidium formation, positive regulation of sexual sporulation, and positive regulation of sterigmatocystin biosynthetic process. It is also linked to mycose biosynthesis, invasive growth, spore formation, and DNA-dependent transcription. The encoded protein localises to both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence, sporogenesis, and oxidative stress response, as well as associations with diseases such as fusarium wilt, fusarium head blight, and rice blast across diverse plant hosts.