CDA — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_02293, designated CDA, encodes a chitin deacetylase in Verticillium dahliae on chromosome DS572697. The enzyme possesses chitin deacetylase activity, hydrolase activity acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, chitin binding, and zinc/metal binding. It is associated with immune evasion, chitin breakdown, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, polysaccharide breakdown, cell wall organization, and carbohydrate metabolism. The protein localizes to the side of the membrane, fungal-type cell wall, extracellular region, and plasmalemma. Related genes in other species are linked to apoplastic effector function and reduced virulence, though pathogenicity can be unaffected.