PWL2 — Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15

Summary

MGG_04301, symbol PWL2, on chromosome 6 of Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15, encodes a protein of unknown molecular function. The gene is associated with defense response, innate immunity, and cell localization, and its product localizes to the host cell cytoplasm and extracellular. PWL2 is linked to hyphal growth, mating, sexual reproduction, protein secretion, endocytosis, and tRNA modification. It has been connected to blast disease in rice (Oryza sativa) and to Eragrostis curvula and barley (Hordeum vulgare). The gene is also associated with turgor pressure. Studies of related genes in other species link the PWL2 family to avirulence functions in barley.