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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Cell-cell signaling is an integral part of the sexual and disease cycles of the smut fungi, which must mate to be pathogenic. This study reports the cloning and characterization of the pheromone genes Uhmfa1 and Uhmfa2 from MAT-1 and MAT-2 mating types of U. hordei, respectively, and the pheromone receptor gene Uhpra2 from MAT-2 cells. Similar to other fungal pheromone genes, Uhmfa1 and Uhmfa2 encode precursor peptides. Uhpra2 encodes a protein with sequence similarity to the 7-transmembrane class of G-protein coupled receptors. Deletion of Uhmfa1 and Uhpra1, and their subsequent replacement, confirmed the role of these genes in initiation of the sexual cycle. Uhmfa1 and Uhmfa2 were differentially expressed in various cell types and when opposite mating-type cells were grown together. The predicted mature pheromones of each mating type were synthesized, and each specifically induced conjugation tube formation in cells of the opposite mating type.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Chemoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-DNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Genes, Mating Type, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Pheromones, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Reproduction, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-TATA Box, pubmed-meshheading:10564815-Ustilago
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular analysis of the pheromone and pheromone receptor genes of Ustilago hordei.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't