1992
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90182-c
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Abstract: The a mating type locus of the phytopathogenic fungus U. maydis controls fusion of haploid cells and filamentous growth of the dikaryotic mycelium. The a locus exists in two alleles, termed a1 and a2, which are defined by nonhomologous DNA regions comprising 4.5 kb for a1 and 8 kb for a2, flanked by identical sequences. Based on functional assays, mutants, and sequencing, we demonstrate that the mating type in each allele is determined by a set of two genes. One encodes a precursor for a lipopeptide mating fac… Show more

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“…Structural domains, such as the seven transmembrane regions, were well conserved although there were considerable variations in protein size. As reported previously (Bolker et al, 1992), the basidiomycete U. maydis has no Ste2 orthologues, but instead has two Ste3 orthologues, Pra1 and Pra2, reflecting the fact that basidiomycetes only have type a, but not type a pheromones. Analysis in C. neoformans provided similar results, suggesting that the duplication of Ste3-like receptors occurred early in the basidiomycete clade.…”
Section: The Fus3 and Kss1 Mapk Pathwaysmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…Structural domains, such as the seven transmembrane regions, were well conserved although there were considerable variations in protein size. As reported previously (Bolker et al, 1992), the basidiomycete U. maydis has no Ste2 orthologues, but instead has two Ste3 orthologues, Pra1 and Pra2, reflecting the fact that basidiomycetes only have type a, but not type a pheromones. Analysis in C. neoformans provided similar results, suggesting that the duplication of Ste3-like receptors occurred early in the basidiomycete clade.…”
Section: The Fus3 and Kss1 Mapk Pathwaysmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…1). Haploid cells of compatible mating type recognize each other by specific lipopeptide pheromones and fuse to form the infectious dikaryon [4]. The mating reaction induces a morphogenetic switch from budding to filamentous growth ( Fig.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Filament formation in strains AB31, AB33 and P crg :Rac1 after shifting cells to inducing medium. Cells were incubated overnight in noninducing medium containing glucose (Glu) and ammonium (NH 4 1 ) and transferred to medium containing arabinose (Ara) and nitrate (NO 3 2 ). Filament formation was observed after induction of the bW2/bE1 heterodimer by Ara in strain AB31 or by nitrate (NO 3 ) in strain AB33, respectively, or after induction of Rac1 in strain FB2-P crg :Rac1.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples of well-characterized pheromone receptor genes, some of which control processes needed for virulence, have been characterized in Candida albicans (Tzung et al, 2001;Bennett et al, 2003), Cryptococcus neoformans (Chung et al, 2002), Neurospora crassa (Kim and Borkovich, 2004), Coprinus cinereus (O'Shea et al, 1998), Schizophyllum commune (Fowler et al, 1999), and Ustilago maydis (Bolker et al, 1992). In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, GPCRs have been also described (Tanaka et al, 1993;Kitamura and Shimoda, 1991) and receptor mutants exhibiting constitutive activity have been isolated (Ladds et al, 2005).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%