Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in
The ascomycete Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus infecting and causing significant yield losses in a number of crops. The genome of B. cinerea has been fully sequenced while the importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) to extend the host range in plant pathogenic fungi has been recent...
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| author | Bo Zhu Qing Zhou Guanlin Xie Guoqing Zhang Xiaowei Zhang Yanli Wang Gunchang Sun Bin Li Gulei Jin |
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| description | The ascomycete Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus infecting and causing significant yield losses in a number of crops. The genome of B. cinerea has been fully sequenced while the importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) to extend the host range in plant pathogenic fungi has been recently appreciated. However, recent data confirm that the B. cinerea fungus shares conserved virulence factors with other fungal plant pathogens with narrow host range. Therefore, interkingdom HGT may contribute to the evolution of phytopathogenicity in B. cinerea. In this study, a stringent genome comparison pipeline was used to identify potential genes that have been obtained by B. cinerea but not by other fungi through interkingdom HGT. This search led to the identification of four genes: a UDP-glucosyltransferase (UGT), a lipoprotein and two alpha/beta hydrolase fold proteins. Phylogenetic analysis of the four genes suggests that B. cinerea acquired UGT from plants and the other 3 genes from bacteria. Based on the known gene functions and literature searching, a correlation between gene acquision and the evolution of pathogenicity in B. cinerea can be postulated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e775c16487444e0b0fcf823f79a624f2022-12-22T01:09:40ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Bioinformatics1176-93432012-01-01810.4137/EBO.S8486Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity inBo Zhu0Qing Zhou1Guanlin Xie2Guoqing Zhang3Xiaowei Zhang4Yanli Wang5Gunchang Sun6Bin Li7Gulei Jin8State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.Crop Management Station, Nanhu Zone, Jiaxing 314051, China.State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Plant Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Plant Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.The ascomycete Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus infecting and causing significant yield losses in a number of crops. The genome of B. cinerea has been fully sequenced while the importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) to extend the host range in plant pathogenic fungi has been recently appreciated. However, recent data confirm that the B. cinerea fungus shares conserved virulence factors with other fungal plant pathogens with narrow host range. Therefore, interkingdom HGT may contribute to the evolution of phytopathogenicity in B. cinerea. In this study, a stringent genome comparison pipeline was used to identify potential genes that have been obtained by B. cinerea but not by other fungi through interkingdom HGT. This search led to the identification of four genes: a UDP-glucosyltransferase (UGT), a lipoprotein and two alpha/beta hydrolase fold proteins. Phylogenetic analysis of the four genes suggests that B. cinerea acquired UGT from plants and the other 3 genes from bacteria. Based on the known gene functions and literature searching, a correlation between gene acquision and the evolution of pathogenicity in B. cinerea can be postulated.https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S8486 |
| spellingShingle | Bo Zhu Qing Zhou Guanlin Xie Guoqing Zhang Xiaowei Zhang Yanli Wang Gunchang Sun Bin Li Gulei Jin Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
| title | Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in |
| title_full | Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in |
| title_fullStr | Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in |
| title_short | Interkingdom Gene Transfer May Contribute to the Evolution of Phytopathogenicity in |
| title_sort | interkingdom gene transfer may contribute to the evolution of phytopathogenicity in |
| url | https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S8486 |
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