AMT1 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_07186 (AMT1, also known as VdAMT1, VdMEP1, VdMEAA, VdMEP2, VdMEP3, AMT2, AMT3) in Verticillium dahliae encodes an ammonium transporter family protein with ammonium channel and methylammonium transmembrane transporter activity. The gene is associated with ammonium and methylammonium membrane transport, including import across the plasma membrane, and with secretion. Its product localises to the plasma membrane, fungal-type vacuole and Golgi complex. AMT1 is associated with increased virulence, increased sporulation, abnormal biofilm formation, decreased nitrogen source utilisation, increased necrotic cell death, abnormal respiratory metabolism, altered cell cycle progression, and changes in autophagy and pexophagy. It is also associated with abnormal plasma membrane morphology, decreased mitochondrial transport, and increased survival rate in stationary phase.