CDA — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09680 (CDA) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a bifunctional xylanase/deacetylase with chitin deacetylase activity, chitin binding, and zinc/metal binding capabilities. It is associated with chitin and xylan breakdown, polysaccharide degradation, carbohydrate metabolism, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis and organization, and immune evasion. The protein localizes to the vacuole, side of membrane, fungal-type cell wall, extracellular space, and plasmalemma. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence and unaffected pathogenicity, as well as associations with turgor pressure, fungal meningitis, and ear rot in maize.