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ArticleScientific reports2018

The Gpr1-regulated Sur7 family protein Sfp2 is required for hyphal growth and cell wall stability in the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride.

Lea Atanasova, Sabine Gruber, Alexander Lichius, Theresa Radebner, Leoni Abendstein, Martin Münsterkötter, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, Paweł P Łabaj, David P Kreil, Susanne Zeilinger

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lea AtanasovaInstitute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1751-277X
Sabine GruberInstitute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Alexander LichiusInstitute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2971-9604
Theresa RadebnerInstitute of Chemical, Environmental & Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Leoni AbendsteinInstitute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Martin MünsterkötterMIPS - Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0044-2381
Nancy Stralis-PaveseChair of Bioinformatics, Boku University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Paweł P ŁabajChair of Bioinformatics, Boku University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
David P KreilChair of Bioinformatics, Boku University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Susanne ZeilingerInstitute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Susanne.zeilinger@uibk.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-3112-0948
Universität Innsbruck · ATBOKU University · ATTU Wien · ATHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycoparasites, e.g. fungi feeding on other fungi, are prominent within the genus Trichoderma and represent a promising alternative to chemical fungicides for plant disease control. We previously showed that the seven-transmembrane receptor Gpr1 regulates mycelial growth and asexual development and governs mycoparasitism-related processes in Trichoderma atroviride. We now describe the identification of genes being targeted by Gpr1 under mycoparasitic conditions. The identified gene set includes a candidate, sfp2, encoding a protein of the fungal-specific Sur7 superfamily, whose upregulation in T. atroviride upon interaction with a fungal prey is dependent on Gpr1. Sur7 family proteins are typical residents of membrane microdomains such as the membrane compartment of Can1 (MCC)/eisosome in yeast. We found that GFP-labeled Gpr1 and Sfp2 proteins show partly overlapping localization patterns in T. atroviride hyphae, which may point to shared functions and potential interaction during signal perception and endocytosis. Deletion of sfp2 caused heavily altered colony morphology, defects in polarized growth, cell wall integrity and endocytosis, and significantly reduced mycoparasitic activity, whereas sfp2 overexpression enhanced full overgrowth and killing of the prey. Transcriptional activation of a chitinase specific for hyphal growth and network formation and strong downregulation of chitin synthase-encoding genes were observed in Δsfp2. Taken together, these findings imply crucial functions of Sfp2 in hyphal morphogenesis of T. atroviride and its interaction with prey fungi.

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Gene Expression Regulation, FungalCell WallChitinasesChitin SynthaseDown-RegulationFungal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingHyphaeMorphogenesisPlant DiseasesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRhizoctoniaSignal TransductionTranscriptional ActivationTrichodermaUp-RegulationChitinasesChitin SynthaseFungal ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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