Horizontal gene transfer of Cccyt contributes to virulence of mycoparasite Calcarisporium cordycipiticola by interacting with a host heat shock protein.
Int J Biol Macromol
; 242(Pt 4): 124927, 2023 Jul 01.
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ABSTRACT
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important driving force for virulence evolution of pathogens, however, functions of these transferred genes are still not fully investigated. Here, an HGT effector, CcCYT was reported to contribute to virulence of a mycoparasite, Calcarisporium cordycipiticola to the host Cordyceps militaris, an important mushroom. Cccyt was predicted to be horizontally transferred from Actinobacteria ancestor by phylogenetic, synteny, GC content and codon usage pattern analyses. The transcript of Cccyt was sharply up-regulated at the early stage of infecting C. militaris. This effector was localized to the cell wall and contributed to the virulence of C. cordycipiticola without affecting its morphology, mycelial growth, conidiation, and resistance to abiotic stress. CcCYT can firstly bind the septa, and finally cytoplasm of the deformed hyphal cells of C. militaris. Pull-down assay coupled mass spectrometry revealed that proteins with which CcCYT interacted were related to protein process, folding and degradation. GST-Pull down assay confirmed that C. cordycipiticola effector CcCYT can interact with host protein CmHSP90 to inhibit the immune response of host. The results provided functional evidence that HGT is an important driving force for the virulence evolution and will be helpful for revealing the interaction between mycoparasite and mushroom host.
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Transferência Genética Horizontal
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Proteínas de Choque Térmico
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Int J Biol Macromol
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2023
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