Mycobiology.
2019 Dec;47(4):457-465. 10.1080/12298093.2019.1677380.
Conserved Roles of MonA in Fungal Growth and Development in Aspergillus Species
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- 1School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea. phsoo97@knu.ac.kr
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- DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2019.1677380
Abstract
- MonA is a subunit of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that is important for vacuole passing and autophagy processes in eukaryotes. In this study, we characterized the function of MonA, an orthologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mon1, in the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans and a toxigenic fungus A. flavus. In A. nidulans, the absence of AnimonA led to decreased fungal growth, reduced asexual reproduction, and defective cleistothecia production. In addition, AnimonA deletion mutants exhibited decreased spore viability, had reduced trehalose contents in conidia, and were sensitive to thermal stress. In A. flavus, deletion of AflmonA caused decreased fungal growth and defective production of asexual spores and sclerotia structures. Moreover, the absence of monA affected vacuole morphology in both species. Taken together, these results indicate that MonA plays conserved roles in controlling fungal growth, development and vacuole morphology in A. nidulans and A. flavus.
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