scd1 — Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287

Summary

FOXG_04910 (symbol scd1) on chromosome 7 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287 encodes a protein with a DH-domain, a PH-domain and a PB1 domain, placing it in the Cdc24/Scd1 family. The gene is associated with intracellular signal transduction, cell polarization, regulation of mitotic spindle organization, septin ring organization, division septum assembly, regulation of endocytosis, and mating-related processes including regulation of conjugation with cellular fusion and upregulation of mating projection assembly. The encoded product localises to the cleavage furrow, division septum, mitotic spindle, cell cortex of growing cell tips, mating projection tips, and sites of polarized growth. The gene is also linked to lipid binding and to the GDS enzyme class. Related genes in other species place the family in the Cdc42 GTPase complex.