VOS1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_05419, symbol VOS1, encodes a protein with a Velvet domain, placing it in the Velvet family. The gene product is annotated to identical protein binding and is associated with mycose biosynthesis, regulation of secondary metabolism, conidia formation, hyphal growth, spore formation, and DNA-dependent transcription. VOS1 localises to both the cytoplasm and nucleus. It is linked to the related gene VE1. Studies of related genes in other species, based on sequence similarity, connect VOS1 to developmental regulator VosA and to phenotypes including unaffected pathogenicity and reduced virulence, as well as to diseases such as common root rot and spot blotch in barley and wheat, and blast in rice.