CHS8 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09681 (VdCHS8, CHS8) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a chitin synthase (EC 2.4.1.16) with chitin synthase activity, actin binding, ATP binding, and cytoskeletal motor activity. It is associated with fungal-type cell wall organization, chitin anabolism, hyphal growth, cell tip growth, asexual sporulation, conidia formation, morphogenesis, and cellular osmotic response. The protein localizes to the apical plasma membrane, hyphal tip, cell tip, cell periphery, cross wall, and myosin complex. Related genes in other species are linked to reduced virulence and associations with vascular wilt and fusarium head blight in hosts such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Gossypium hirsutum, Zea mays, and Triticum aestivum.