Characterization of the sterol 14α-demethylases of Fusarium graminearum identifies a novel genus-specific CYP51 function

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 821-835

  Fan, Jieru ^a,b   Urban, Martin ^b   Parker, Josie E ^c   Brewer, Helen C ^b   Kelly, Steven L ^c   Hammond Kosack, Kim E ^b   Fraaije, Bart A ^b   Liu, Xili ^a   Cools, Hans J ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azole target; CYP51 function; Cytochrome P450 evolution; Deoxynivalenol production; Fungicide resistance; Fusarium head scab blight; Sterol biosynthesis; Wheat infection

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EBERICOL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LANOSTEROL; N (2,3 DICHLORO 4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; N-(2,3-DICHLORO-4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST SELECTION; MUTAGENICITY; NEW GENUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE; WHEAT; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE; WHEAT;

AMIDES; ARABIDOPSIS; AZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ERGOSTEROL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LANOSTEROL; MALUS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORES, FUNGAL; STEROL 14-DEMETHYLASE; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876420138     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12193     Document Type: Article

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