SSO1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VdSSO1 (VDAG_00278) on chromosome DS572695 of Verticillium dahliae encodes a syntaxin protein containing Syntaxin_N and T_SNARE_dom domains, and is associated with SNARE and SNARE binding. This gene is associated with vesicle fusion, exocytosis, membrane fusion, protein secretion, intracellular protein transport, hyphal growth, ascospore formation, and FSM assembly. The product localizes to the SNARE complex, endomembrane system, plasma membrane raft, cell tip, cell division site, endosome, extracellular vesicle, and prospore membrane structures. VdSSO1 is linked to vascular wilt disease in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and to abnormal endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi distribution, altered cell cycle progression, delayed sporulation, increased necrotic cell death, and abnormal filamentous growth. Related genes in other species are linked to vacuolar transport and mating efficiency.