VEL3 — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_09761 (VEL3) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a protein with a Velvet domain, placing it in the Velvet family. The gene product is annotated for identical protein binding and is associated with mycose biosynthesis, conidia formation, hyphal growth, spore formation, and DNA-dependent transcription. VEL3 localises to both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence and unaffected pathogenicity, as well as associations with hosts such as rice and Galleria mellonella. The gene is also connected to the species Verticillium nonalfalfae and various Fusarium species through sequence similarity.