TEF1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_02559, designated TEF1 (also known as VdTEF1, VdTEF2, VdTEF101, VdTEF102, VdTEF103, VdTEF-1, TEF-1, TEF2, TEF101, TEF102, TEF103) in Verticillium dahliae, encodes a protein with translation elongation factor activity, GTPase activity, and GTP binding. It is localized to the cytoplasm and is associated with translation elongation. This gene is linked to spore wall formation, cell cycle progression (particularly G2 phase), nutrient uptake, budding, recovery from pheromone-induced cell cycle arrest, pexophagy, carbon source utilization, nuclear export, prion inheritance and formation, innate thermotolerance, meiosis, autophagy, necrotic cell death, endocytosis, chemical compound excretion, pseudohyphal growth, shmoo formation, and pheromone sensitivity. Studies of related genes in other species connect the TEF1 family to traits such as days to silk and protein content in maize.