FREB — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09198 (FREB) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a ferric-chelate reductase (NADPH) with NADH:Fe3+ oxidoreductase activity (EC 1.16.1.9), belonging to the ferric/cupric reductase family and containing FAD- and NAD-binding domains. The protein localises to the plasma membrane and is associated with cellular iron ion homeostasis, iron transport, cellular response to iron ion starvation, copper ion import, and filamentous growth. Related genes in other species are linked to reduced virulence and vascular wilt.