PEP1 — Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287

Summary

FOXG_16638 (FoPEP1, also known as FoYAP2) on chromosome 11 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287 encodes an aspartic endopeptidase belonging to the aspergillopepsin-like catalytic domain family, with endopeptidase activity. The gene is associated with proteolysis, mating, and translation elongation, and its product is localised to the extracellular space. Related genes in other species have been linked to effector functions, including as an apoplastic effector, based on sequence similarity. The gene is also associated with the synonym yap2 from an unspecified source.