PWL2 — Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15

Summary

MGG_13863, also known as PWL2, encodes a protein of unknown molecular function in Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15 on chromosome 3. The gene is associated with defense response, innate immunity, and cell localization, and its product has been linked to the host cell cytoplasm. PWL2 is associated with biological processes including hyphal growth, mating, sexual reproduction, protein secretion, endocytosis, and tRNA modification. It is associated with turgor pressure and with the host plants Eragrostis curvula, Hordeum vulgare, and Oryza sativa. Studies of related genes in other species, including the barley PWL2 ortholog, connect these sequences to host specificity and avirulence.