Manipulation of Auxin Signaling by Smut Fungi during Plant Colonization
Abstract
:1. Smut Fungi, Their Development, and Disease Symptoms
2. Auxin, the Master Regulator of Growth and Development in Plants
3. Auxin in Plant–Pathogen Interactions
4. Auxin Biosynthesis in Smut Fungi
5. Transcriptional Reprogramming of Auxin Signaling by Smuts
6. Plants’ Counter-Defense to Auxin Signaling Manipulation?
7. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Percentage Identity | |||||
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Scientific Name | Gall Formation | Tam1 | Tam2 | Iad1 | Iad2 |
Ustilago maydis 521 | + | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Pseudozyma hubeiensis | - | 85.53 | 91.05 | 95.98 | 90.66 |
Sporisorium scitamineum | - | 86.17 | 89.86 | 96.38 | 37.15 |
Sporisorium graminicola | - | 86.32 | 89.26 | 96.78 | 87.55 |
Sporisorium reilianum | - | 83.58 | 89.46 | 95.17 | 36.52 |
Ustilago sp., UG-2017a | - | 80.13 | 84.26 | 94.57 | 65.49 |
Ustilago hordei | - | 79.92 | 84.46 | 93.96 | 36.94 |
Ustilago trichophora | + | 82.24 | 89.46 | 96.18 | 84.41 |
Ustilago nuda | - | 79.96 | 84.06 | 93.76 | 36.73 |
Ustilago tritici | - | 79.50 | 83.47 | 93.96 | 59.63 |
Moesziomyces antarcticus | - | 77.12 | 84.69 | 94.16 | 85.86 |
Melanopsichium pennsylvanicum | + | 74.23 | 87.08 | 94.57 | 36.17 |
Kalmanozyma brasiliensis GHG001 | - | 74.04 | 86.48 | 92.96 | 82.37 |
Ustilago bromivora | - | 74.27 | 83.86 | 94.57 | 67.98 |
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Nagarajan, N.; Khan, M.; Djamei, A. Manipulation of Auxin Signaling by Smut Fungi during Plant Colonization. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 1184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9121184
Nagarajan N, Khan M, Djamei A. Manipulation of Auxin Signaling by Smut Fungi during Plant Colonization. Journal of Fungi. 2023; 9(12):1184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9121184
Chicago/Turabian StyleNagarajan, Nithya, Mamoona Khan, and Armin Djamei. 2023. "Manipulation of Auxin Signaling by Smut Fungi during Plant Colonization" Journal of Fungi 9, no. 12: 1184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9121184