title: Roles of Rack1 Proteins in Fungal Pathogenesis.
abstract: Pathogenic fungi cause diseases on various organisms. Despite their differences in life cycles, fungal pathogens use well-conserved proteins and pathways to regulate developmental and infection processes. In this review, we focus on Rack1, a multifaceted scaffolding protein involved in various biological processes. Rack1 is well conserved in eukaryotes and plays important roles in fungi, though limited studies have been conducted. To accelerate the study of Rack1 proteins in fungi, we review the functions of Rack1 proteins in model and pathogenic fungi and summarize recent progress on how Rack1 proteins are involved in fungal pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6819-847X
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Guotian
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6780-7085
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li