PDF1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VdPDF1 (VDAG_00725) on chromosome DS572695 of Verticillium dahliae encodes a palmitoyl-protein hydrolase (EC 3.1.2.22) with dolichyldiphosphatase activity, belonging to the AB_hydrolase and Palm_thioest domain families. The gene is associated with defense responses, including induced systemic resistance, innate immunity, and the immune response, as well as cell wall callose deposition, and virus-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing. It has been linked to auxin transport, phenylpropanoid anabolism, gluconeogenesis, the pentose-phosphate shunt, the TCA cycle, MAPK cascade, protein N-linked glycosylation, spore germination, and hypersensitivity. Localization evidence links the product to the vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum, and ER membrane. Associations with chlorophyll content have also been noted. Studies of related genes in other species further connect the family to root length.