title: [Cloning and functional analysis of scytalone dehytratase gene in Exserohilum turcicum].
abstract: Genemonic DNA and cDNA homologous fragments of the scd (scytalone dehydratase) gene were obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification from degenerated primer sets designed on the basis of the conserved amino acid regions of scytalone dehydratase and polyketide synthase domains from others fungis. The completed cDNA sequence of scd in E. turcica was obtained by the method of SMART-RACE and 3' RACE. There is one open reading frame composed of 181 codons and two deduced introns of 50 and 78 nucleotides in the scd gene. The deduced amino acid sequence of the scd showed high similarity to the amino acid sequence of scytalone dehydratase from Bipolaris oryzae. Carpropamid, a specific inhibitor, could inhibit the conidial germination and appressorium production of E. turcica within 24h treatment but no evident inhibitory effect after 24h . The experimental results also suggested that E. turcica could not penetrate the surface of corn tissue or increase in the corn tissue. It was conclusion that scd gene might play an important role in melanin biosynthetic pathway and pathogenicity of E. turcica.
authors.affiliation: Mycotoxin Laboratory of Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China. yuqing2898@126.com
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhi-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jin-Gao
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008543:Melanins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008543:Melanins; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C082741:scytalone dehydratase; C113565:carpropamid