A fungal sirtuin modulates development and virulence in the insect pathogen, Beauveria bassiana

Q Cai, L Tian, JT Xie, QY Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chromatin transitions are mediated in part by acetylation/deacetylation post‐translational
modifications of histones. Histone deacetylases, eg sirtuins (Sir‐proteins), repress …

Contributions of a Histone Deacetylase (SirT2/Hst2) to Beauveria bassiana Growth, Development, and Virulence

Q Cai, L Tian, JT Xie, DH Jiang, NO Keyhani - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sirtuins are a class of histone deacetylases that promote heterochromatin formation to
repress transcription. The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana contains six sirtuin …

Two sirtuin proteins, Hst3 and Hst4, modulate asexual development, stress tolerance, and virulence by affecting global gene expression in Beauveria bassiana

Q Cai, L Tian, JT Xie, DH Jiang - Microbiology Spectrum, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Beauveria bassiana is a widely used entomopathogenic fungus in insect biological control
applications. In this study, we investigated the role of two sirtuin homologs, BbHst3 and …

The histone acetyltransferase Mst2 sustains the biological control potential of a fungal insect pathogen through transcriptional regulation

JJ Wang, Q Cai, L Qiu, SH Ying, MG Feng - Applied microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
Histone lysine acetylation orchestrates transcriptional activity essential for diverse cellular
events across organisms, but it remains poorly understood how an acetylated lysine affects …

The Deacetylase Sir2 from the Yeast Clavispora lusitaniae Lacks the Evolutionarily Conserved Capacity to Generate Subtelomeric Heterochromatin

CA Froyd, S Kapoor, F Dietrich, LN Rusche - PLoS Genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Deacetylases of the Sir2 or sirtuin family are thought to regulate life cycle progression and
life span in response to nutrient availability. This family has undergone successive rounds of …

Essential role of Rpd3‐dependent lysine modification in the growth, development and virulence of Beauveria bassiana

Q Cai, ZK Wang, W Shao, SH Ying… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rpd3 is a class I histone deacetylase that reverses lysine acetylation thus influencing
cellular processes and functions. However, its role in fungal insect pathogens has not been …

Deacetylation by sirtuins is important for Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenesis and virulence

NS Wassano, GB da Silva, AH Reis, JA Gerhardt… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Protein acetylation is a crucial post-translational modification that controls gene expression
and a variety of biological processes. Sirtuins, a prominent class of NAD+-dependent lysine …

Sirtuins in epigenetic silencing and control of gene expression in model and pathogenic fungi

G Zhao, LN Rusche - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Fungi, including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms, proliferate on decaying matter and then
adopt quiescent forms once nutrients are depleted. This review explores how fungi use …

Pleiotropic effects of the histone deacetylase Hos2 linked to H4‐K16 deacetylation, H3‐K56 acetylation, and H2A‐S129 phosphorylation in Beauveria bassiana

Q Cai, SM Tong, W Shao, SH Ying… - Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases maintain dynamics of lysine acetylation/
deacetylation on histones and nonhistone substrates involved in gene regulation and …

Rtt109‐dependent histone H3 K56 acetylation and gene activity are essential for the biological control potential of Beauveria bassiana

Q Cai, JJ Wang, W Shao, SH Ying… - Pest management …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Rtt109 is a histone acetyltransferase that catalyzes histone H3K56
acetylation required for genomic stability, DNA damage repair and virulence‐related gene …