VELB — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_08715 (VdVELB, VELB) encodes a protein containing a Velvet domain, placing it in the conserved Velvet family. In Verticillium dahliae, VdVELB is associated with the nucleus and cytoplasm and has been linked to negative regulation of conidium formation, positive regulation of sexual sporulation, sexual sporulation resulting in formation of a cellular spore, asexual reproduction, asexual sporulation, conidia formation, and spore formation. The gene is also associated with cellular response to light stimulus, secondary metabolism, mycose biosynthesis, positive regulation of sterigmatocystin biosynthetic process, mycotoxin anabolism, sterigmatocystin anabolism, and DNA-dependent transcription. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence, sporogenesis, and oxidative stress response.