Autophagy during conidiation, conidial germination and turgor generation in Magnaporthe grisea.
Autophagy is a ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved process found in all eukaryotic cells that allows for the degradation and recycling of old proteins and organelles. Starvation can induce autophagy, and autophagic pathway is an essential process for cellular function under starvation. In Magnaporthe grisea, starvation is one of the key induced factors for the germ tube tip to differentiate into an appressorium. Considering the importance of the rice blast fungus as a primary model for host-pathogen interaction, the role of autophagy in fungal development, appressorium turgor generation and pathogenicity of M. grisea via its role in organelle and protein turnover is a very significant subject.
Liu
Xiao-Hong
XH
Biotechnology Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Lu
Jian-Ping
JP
Lin
Fu-Cheng
FC
D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D011312:Pressure; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014774:Virulence
D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases