A protein kinase coordinates cycles of autophagy and glutaminolysis in invasive hyphae of the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae within rice cells

G Li, Z Gong, N Dulal, M Marroquin-Guzman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae produces invasive hyphae in living rice cells during
early infection, separated from the host cytoplasm by plant-derived interfacial membranes …

Co-evolved plant and blast fungus ascorbate oxidases orchestrate the redox state of host apoplast to modulate rice immunity

J Hu, M Liu, A Zhang, Y Dai, W Chen, F Chen, W Wang… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Apoplastic ascorbate oxidases (AOs) play a critical role in reactive oxygen species (ROS)-
mediated innate host immunity by regulating the apoplast redox state. To date, little is known …

Purine metabolism in plant pathogenic fungi

M Sun, P Dai, Z Cao, J Dong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In eukaryotic cells, purine metabolism is the way to the production of deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) and plays key roles in various biological processes …

Combined pangenomics and transcriptomics reveals core and redundant virulence processes in a rapidly evolving fungal plant pathogen

H Chen, R King, D Smith, C Bayon, T Ashfield… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Studying genomic variation in rapidly evolving pathogens potentially enables
identification of genes supporting their “core biology”, being present, functional and …

Sirt5-mediated lysine desuccinylation regulates oxidative stress adaptation in Magnaporthe oryzae during host intracellular infection.

Z Ren, X Dong, L Guan, L Yang, C Liu, X Cai… - The New …, 2024 - europepmc.org
Plant pathogenic fungi elaborate numerous detoxification strategies to suppress host
reactive oxygen species (ROS), but their coordination is not well-understood. Here, we show …

Membrane fluidity control by the Magnaporthe oryzae acyl-CoA binding protein sets the thermal range for host rice cell colonization

M Richter, LM Segal, RO Rocha, N Rokaya… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Following leaf cuticle penetration by specialized appressorial cells, the devastating blast
fungus Magnaporthe oryzae grows as invasive hyphae (IH) in living rice cells. IH are …

Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase FgNdpk Is Required for DON Production and Pathogenicity by Regulating the Growth and Toxisome Formation of Fusarium …

X Mao, L Li, YS Abubakar, Y Li, Z Luo… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) are nucleotide metabolism enzymes that play
different physiological functions in different species. However, the roles of NDPK in …

MoRgs3 functions in intracellular reactive oxygen species perception-integrated cAMP signaling to promote appressorium formation in Magnaporthe oryzae

R Zhang, X Liu, J Xu, C Chen, Z Tang, C Wu, X Li, L Su… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins exhibit GTPase-accelerating protein
activities to govern G-protein function. In the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, there is …

Two Magnaporthe appressoria‐specific (MAS) proteins, MoMas3 and MoMas5, are required for suppressing host innate immunity and promoting biotrophic growth in …

Z Gong, N Ning, Z Li, X Xie, RA Wilson… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the devastating rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, six Magnaporthe appressoria‐
specific (MAS) proteins are encoded by MoGAS1, MoGAS2 and MoMAS3–MoMAS6 …

Autophagy-dependent TOR reactivation drives fungal growth in living host rice cells

G Li, Z Gong, N Dulal, RO Rocha, RA Wilson - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Eukaryotic filamentous plant pathogens with biotrophic growth stages like the devastating
hemibiotrophic rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae grow for extended periods in living …