CUT1 — Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15

Summary

MGG_11966 (CUT1) on chromosome 1 of Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15 encodes a cutinase, a member of the cutinase/axe and alpha/beta hydrolase families, with cutinase (EC 3.1.1.74), lipase and carboxylesterase activities. The gene is associated with appressorium-mediated host invasion, host invasion, sporulation, lipolysis and carbohydrate breakdown, and its product is localised extracellularly. It is linked to the related genes cutA, cut1 and pbc1. Studies of related genes in other species have connected the family to loss of pathogenicity in some pathosystems, though unaffected pathogenicity has also been reported, and to associations with diseases such as light leaf spot and grey mold in diverse plant hosts including Brassica napus, tomato and carnation.