White Collar 1 Modulates Oxidative Sensitivity and Virulence by Regulating the HOG1 Pathway in Fusarium asiaticum

Abstract

The well-conserved fungal blue-light receptor White Collar complex (WCC) is known to regulate virulence of several pathogenic species for either plant or human hosts, but how WCC determines fungal pathogenicity remains largely unknown. The WCC component FaWC1 in the cereal pathogen Fusarium asiaticum was previously found to be required for full virulence.