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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

Glycogen synthase AfGsy2 regulates mycelial growth, stress response, predatory activity, and chlamydospore development in the nematode-trapping fungus

Qianfei Shi, Yu Zhang, Minghe Mo, Guohong Li

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Qianfei Shi *State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Basic Research and Innovative Application for Green Biological Production, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Yu Zhang *State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Basic Research and Innovative Application for Green Biological Production, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Minghe MoState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Basic Research and Innovative Application for Green Biological Production, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Guohong LiState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Basic Research and Innovative Application for Green Biological Production, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: Glycogen is a universal carbon and energy reserve that plays crucial roles in fungal stress adaptation, cellular homeostasis, and predatory activity. However, the role of glycogen metabolism in nematode-trapping fungi has largely remained unexplored. Here, we performed a systematic functional characterization of Methods: Using a CRISPR-Cas9-mediated deletion mutant, together with overexpression and complementation strains, we investigated the involvement of AfGsy2 in mycelial growth, stress tolerance, trap formation, nematicidal activity against Results: Deletion of Discussion: Collectively, these findings uncover a link between glycogen metabolism and growth, stress resilience, sporulation, and predatory activity in

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AscomycotaGlycogen SynthaseMyceliumNematodaStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, FungalGlycogenHyphaeSpores, FungalGlycogenGlycogen Synthaseglycogen metabolismnematophagous fungipathogenicitysporulationtrap morphogenesis

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