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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

A WDR Gene Is a Conserved Member of a Chitin Synthase Gene Cluster and Influences the Cell Wall in Aspergillus nidulans.

Gea Guerriero, Lucia Silvestrini, Michael Obersriebnig, Jean-Francois Hausman, Joseph Strauss, Inés Ezcurra

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Gea GuerrieroDepartment of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Fungal Genetics and Genomics Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Bioresources and Technologies Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau A-3430, Austria. gea.guerriero@list.lu.
Lucia SilvestriniDepartment of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Fungal Genetics and Genomics Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Bioresources and Technologies Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau A-3430, Austria. lucia.silvestrini@boku.ac.at.
Michael ObersriebnigInstitute of Wood Science and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Bioresources and Technologies Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau A-3430, Austria. m.obersriebnig@boku.ac.at.
Jean-Francois HausmanEnvironmental Research and Innovation (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch/Alzette L-4362, Luxembourg. jean-francois.hausman@list.lu.
Joseph StraussDepartment of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Fungal Genetics and Genomics Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Bioresources and Technologies Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau A-3430, Austria. joseph.strauss@boku.ac.at.
Inés EzcurraKTH, School of Biotechnology, Albanova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden. ines@biotech.kth.se.
BOKU University · ATLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology · LUAlbaNova · SEAustrian Institute of Technology · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

WD40 repeat (WDR) proteins are pleiotropic molecular hubs. We identify a WDR gene that is a conserved genomic neighbor of a chitin synthase gene in Ascomycetes. The WDR gene is unique to fungi and plants, and was called Fungal Plant WD (FPWD). FPWD is within a cell wall metabolism gene cluster in the Ascomycetes (Pezizomycotina) comprising chsD, a Chs activator and a GH17 glucanase. The FPWD, AN1556.2 locus was deleted in Aspergillus nidulans strain SAA.111 by gene replacement and only heterokaryon transformants were obtained. The re-annotation of Aspergilli genomes shows that AN1556.2 consists of two tightly linked separate genes, i.e., the WDR gene and a putative beta-flanking gene of unknown function. The WDR and the beta-flanking genes are conserved genomic neighbors localized within a recently identified metabolic cell wall gene cluster in genomes of Aspergilli. The heterokaryons displayed increased susceptibility to drugs affecting the cell wall, and their phenotypes, observed by optical, confocal, scanning electron and atomic force microscopy, suggest cell wall alterations. Quantitative real-time PCR shows altered expression of some cell wall-related genes. The possible implications on cell wall biosynthesis are discussed.

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Aspergillus nidulansCell WallChitin SynthaseFungal ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, FungalPolymerase Chain ReactionChitin SynthaseFungal ProteinsAspergillus nidulansbeta-flanking genecell wallchitin synthasecollinear genesWDR gene

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