DEF1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_07028 (DEF1, VdDEF1) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a SANT domain-containing protein, placing it within the SANT/Myb domain family and the N-CoR corepressor superfamily. The gene is annotated to the regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, and its product localises to the SET3C complex. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to transcriptional regulation, though these associations are not yet established for VdDEF1 itself. No direct associations with specific agronomic traits or pathogenicity processes have been observed in V. dahliae.