CDA — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09682 (CDA) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a chitin-binding protein with chitin deacetylase activity, also annotated for hydrolase activity on carbon-nitrogen bonds and zinc binding. The gene is associated with chitin breakdown, polysaccharide breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, cell wall organization, and immune evasion. Its product localizes to the fungal-type cell wall, plasma membrane, extracellular region, and side of membrane. Studies of related genes in other species link the CDA family to reduced virulence and effector functions, including apoplastic effector activity.