LIP5 — Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287

Summary

FoLIP5 (FOXG_09554) on chromosome 11 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287 encodes a carboxylesterase with chlorogenate hydrolase, carboxylesterase, and triacylglycerol lipase activities, belonging to the alpha/beta hydrolase and carboxylesterase B families. The gene is associated with lipid metabolism, lipolysis, cholesterol metabolism, (M)-viriditoxin anabolism, and secretion, and its product is localized extracellularly. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to triacylglycerol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3), carboxylesterase (EC 3.1.1.1), and chlorogenate hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.42) activities, as well as to unaffected pathogenicity.