VDAG_09554 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09554 in Verticillium dahliae (chromosome DS572720) encodes a lysozyme (EC 3.2.1.17) with lysozyme activity, belonging to the endolysin T4 type and glycosyl hydrolase 24 families, and is annotated as an apoplastic effector. This gene is associated with murein catabolism, defence response to bacteria, killing of cells of other organisms, cell wall macromolecule catabolic process, and spore germination. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to apoplastic and cytoplasmic effector functions, though this is not established for VDAG_09554 itself.