TEF1 — Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287

Summary

FOXG_03515, designated FoTEF1 on chromosome 8 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287, encodes a protein with translation elongation factor activity, GTPase activity, and GTP binding. The gene is associated with translation elongation, pigmentation, and mating. It has been linked to numerous phenotypes including absent spore wall formation, abnormal prion inheritance, delayed pexophagy and autophagy, increased necrotic cell death, altered cell cycle progression through G2 phase, abnormal pseudohyphal growth and shmoo formation, absent pheromone sensitivity, and increased carbon source utilisation. Studies of related genes in other species connect the eEF1A family to days to silk in maize and protein content, though these associations are not established for FoTEF1 itself.