CDA — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_07727, also known as CDA, encodes a chitin deacetylase in Verticillium dahliae on chromosome DS572711. The protein contains a NodB domain, a chitin-binding domain, and an endochitinase-like superfamily domain, and exhibits chitin deacetylase activity, hydrolase activity acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, chitin binding, and zinc/metal binding. It is associated with chitin breakdown, polysaccharide breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, cell wall organization, and immune evasion. The protein localizes to the fungal-type cell wall, extracellular region, plasma membrane, and side of membrane. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence and effector functions, though these associations are not established for this specific gene.