CUT1 — Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15

Summary

MGG_15460 (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, lipase and carboxylesterase activities (EC 3.1.1.74). 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 gene cutA. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to loss of pathogenicity and unaffected pathogenicity, as well as to light leaf spot and grey mold in hosts including Brassica napus, Solanum lycopersicum and Dianthus caryophyllus.