MYCGR3G98820 — Zymoseptoria tritici

Summary

ERG6 (MYCGR3G98820) on Zymoseptoria tritici chromosome 1 encodes a protein with sterol 24C-methyltransferase activity and belongs to the SMT methyltransferase family. This gene is associated with ergosterol metabolism and anabolism, zymosterol metabolic process, membrane hyperpolarization, lipophagy, vacuolar localization and fusion, glucose import, secretion, signal transduction, fermentation, and hypersensitivity. The encoded protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, plasma membrane, nucleus, and adiposomes. Studies of related genes in other species link the ERG6 family to reduced virulence, oxidative stress, cell membrane stability, and oleic acid content, though these associations are not yet established in Z. tritici.