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Austropuccinia psidii uses tetrapolar mating and produces meiotic spores in older infections on Eucalyptus grandis. Fungal Genet Biol 2022; 160:103692. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Foulongne-Oriol M, Taskent O, Kües U, Sonnenberg ASM, van Peer AF, Giraud T. Mating-Type Locus Organization and Mating-Type Chromosome Differentiation in the Bipolar Edible Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1079. [PMID: 34356095 PMCID: PMC8305134 DOI: 10.3390/genes12071079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In heterothallic basidiomycete fungi, sexual compatibility is restricted by mating types, typically controlled by two loci: PR, encoding pheromone precursors and pheromone receptors, and HD, encoding two types of homeodomain transcription factors. We analysed the single mating-type locus of the commercial button mushroom variety, Agaricus bisporus var. bisporus, and of the related variety burnettii. We identified the location of the mating-type locus using genetic map and genome information, corresponding to the HD locus, the PR locus having lost its mating-type role. We found the mip1 and β-fg genes flanking the HD genes as in several Agaricomycetes, two copies of the β-fg gene, an additional HD2 copy in the reference genome of A. bisporus var. bisporus and an additional HD1 copy in the reference genome of A. bisporus var. burnettii. We detected a 140 kb-long inversion between mating types in an A. bisporus var. burnettii heterokaryon, trapping the HD genes, the mip1 gene and fragments of additional genes. The two varieties had islands of transposable elements at the mating-type locus, spanning 35 kb in the A. bisporus var. burnettii reference genome. Linkage analyses showed a region with low recombination in the mating-type locus region in the A. bisporus var. burnettii variety. We found high differentiation between β-fg alleles in both varieties, indicating an ancient event of recombination suppression, followed more recently by a suppression of recombination at the mip1 gene through the inversion in A. bisporus var. burnettii and a suppression of recombination across whole chromosomes in A. bisporus var. bisporus, constituting stepwise recombination suppression as in many other mating-type chromosomes and sex chromosomes.
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- Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Bâtiment 360, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France;
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- Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Büsgen-Institute, University of Goettingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Goettingen, Germany;
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; (A.S.M.S.); (A.F.v.P.)
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; (A.S.M.S.); (A.F.v.P.)
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- Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Bâtiment 360, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France;
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Riffiani R, Chen FC, Zhang W, Wada T, Shimomura N, Yamaguchi T, Aimi T. Identification, characterization and expression of A-mating type genes in monokaryons and dikaryons of the edible mushroom Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii (Bunaharitake). MYCOSCIENCE 2021; 62:106-114. [PMID: 37089250 PMCID: PMC9157748 DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Identifying the mating-type in Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii is important for enhancing breeding and cultivation of this edible mushroom. To clarify the molecular mechanisms of the bipolar mating system in M. aitchisonii, the homeodomain protein gene 2 (Mahd2) was characterized. A genomic DNA fragment of Mahd2 in M. aitchisonii 50005-18 strain was 1,851 bp long and encoded a protein of 614 amino acids. Transcriptional analysis revealed that the expression of Mahd2 was higher in monokaryotic strains that produced clamp cells than in those that did not. The highest relative expression level of Mahd2 was observed in monokaryon TUFC 50005-4, which was capable of forming a true clamp. These results suggested that the formation of clamp cells is regulated by A-mating type homeodomain proteins, and the frequency of clamp cell formation might be promoted by high expression of the Mahd2 gene.
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- Rini Riffiani
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University
- Research Center of Biology, Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University
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- Laboratory, Biological Business Department, Ichimasa Kamaboko Co., Ltd.
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Luo H, Qian J, Xu Z, Liu W, Xu L, Li Y, Xu J, Zhang J, Xu X, Liu C, He L, Li J, Sun C, Martin F, Song J, Chen S. The Wolfiporia cocos Genome and Transcriptome Shed Light on the Formation of Its Edible and Medicinal Sclerotium. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2020; 18:455-467. [PMID: 33359677 PMCID: PMC8242266 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wolfiporia cocos (F. A. Wolf) has been praised as a food delicacy and medicine for centuries in China. Here, we present the genome and transcriptome of the Chinese strain CGMCC5.78 of W. cocos. High-confidence functional prediction was made for 9277 genes among the 10,908 total predicted gene models in the W. cocos genome. Up to 2838 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified to be related to sclerotial development by comparing the transcriptomes of mycelial and sclerotial tissues. These DEGs are involved in mating processes, differentiation of fruiting body tissues, and metabolic pathways. A number of genes encoding enzymes and regulatory factors related to polysaccharide and triterpenoid production were strikingly regulated. A potential triterpenoid gene cluster including the signature lanosterol synthase (LSS) gene and its modified components were annotated. In addition, five nonribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS)-like gene clusters, eight polyketide synthase (PKS) gene clusters, and 15 terpene gene clusters were discovered in the genome. The differential expression of the velevt family proteins, transcription factors, carbohydrate-active enzymes, and signaling components indicated their essential roles in the regulation of fungal development and secondary metabolism in W. cocos. These genomic and transcriptomic resources will be valuable for further investigations of the molecular mechanisms controlling sclerotial formation and for its improved medicinal applications.
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- Hongmei Luo
- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- INRA, Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, 54280 Champenoux, France; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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Liang SW, Huang YH, Chiu JY, Tseng HW, Huang JH, Shen WC. The smut fungus Ustilago esculenta has a bipolar mating system with three idiomorphs larger than 500 kb. Fungal Genet Biol 2019; 126:61-74. [PMID: 30794950 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zizania latifolia Turcz., which is mainly distributed in Asia, has had a long cultivation history as a cereal and vegetable crop. On infection with the smut fungus Ustilago esculenta, Z. latifolia becomes an edible vegetable, water bamboo. Two main cultivars, with a green shell and red shell, are cultivated for commercial production in Taiwan. Previous studies indicated that cultivars of Z. latifolia may be related to the infected U. esculenta isolates. However, related research is limited. The infection process of the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis is coupled with sexual development and under control of the mating type locus. Thus, we aimed to use the knowledge of U. maydis to reveal the mating system of U. esculenta. We collected water bamboo samples and isolated 145 U. esculenta strains from Taiwan's major production areas. By using PCR and idiomorph screening among meiotic offspring and field isolates, we identified three idiomorphs of the mating type locus and found no sequence recombination between them. Whole-genome sequencing (Illumina and PacBio) suggested that the mating system of U. esculenta was bipolar. Mating type locus 1 (MAT-1) was 552,895 bp and contained 44% repeated sequences. Sequence comparison revealed that U. esculenta MAT-1 shared high gene synteny with Sporisorium reilianum and many repeats with Ustilago hordei MAT-1. These results can be utilized to further explore the genomic diversity of U. esculenta isolates and their application for water bamboo breeding.
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- Syun-Wun Liang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- Plant Pathology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung 41362, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
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Hsieh HM, Chung MC, Chen PY, Hsu FM, Liao WW, Sung AN, Lin CR, Wang CJR, Kao YH, Fang MJ, Lai CY, Huang CC, Chou JC, Chou WN, Chang BCH, Ju YM. A termite symbiotic mushroom maximizing sexual activity at growing tips of vegetative hyphae. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2017; 58:39. [PMID: 28929370 PMCID: PMC5605481 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-017-0191-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Termitomyces mushrooms are mutualistically associated with fungus-growing termites, which are widely considered to cultivate a monogenotypic Termitomyces symbiont within a colony. Termitomyces cultures isolated directly from termite colonies are heterokaryotic, likely through mating between compatible homokaryons. RESULTS After pairing homokaryons carrying different haplotypes at marker gene loci MIP and RCB from a Termitomyces fruiting body associated with Odontotermes formosanus, we observed nuclear fusion and division, which greatly resembled meiosis, during each hyphal cell division and conidial formation in the resulting heterokaryons. Surprisingly, nuclei in homokaryons also behaved similarly. To confirm if meiotic-like recombination occurred within mycelia, we constructed whole-genome sequencing libraries from mycelia of two homokaryons and a heterokaryon resulting from mating of the two homokaryons. Obtained reads were aligned to the reference genome of Termitomyces sp. J132 for haplotype reconstruction. After removal of the recombinant haplotypes shared between the heterokaryon and either homokaryons, we inferred that 5.04% of the haplotypes from the heterokaryon were the recombinants resulting from homologous recombination distributed genome-wide. With RNA transcripts of four meiosis-specific genes, including SPO11, DMC1, MSH4, and MLH1, detected from a mycelial sample by real-time quantitative PCR, the nuclear behavior in mycelia was reconfirmed meiotic-like. CONCLUSION Unlike other basidiomycetes where sex is largely restricted to basidia, Termitomyces maximizes sexuality at somatic stage, resulting in an ever-changing genotype composed of a myriad of coexisting heterogeneous nuclei in a heterokaryon. Somatic meiotic-like recombination may endow Termitomyces with agility to cope with termite consumption by maximized genetic variability.
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- Huei-Mei Hsieh
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, 50074 Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401 Taiwan
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- National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, 40453 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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Coelho MA, Bakkeren G, Sun S, Hood ME, Giraud T. Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota. Microbiol Spectr 2017; 5:10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0046-2016. [PMID: 28597825 PMCID: PMC5467461 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.funk-0046-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Fungi of the Basidiomycota, representing major pathogen lineages and mushroom-forming species, exhibit diverse means to achieve sexual reproduction, with particularly varied mechanisms to determine compatibilities of haploid mating partners. For species that require mating between distinct genotypes, discrimination is usually based on both the reciprocal exchange of diffusible mating pheromones, rather than sexes, and the interactions of homeodomain protein signals after cell fusion. Both compatibility factors must be heterozygous in the product of mating, and genetic linkage relationships of the mating pheromone/receptor and homeodomain genes largely determine the complex patterns of mating-type variation. Independent segregation of the two compatibility factors can create four haploid mating genotypes from meiosis, referred to as tetrapolarity. This condition is thought to be ancestral to the basidiomycetes. Alternatively, cosegregation by linkage of the two mating factors, or in some cases the absence of the pheromone-based discrimination, yields only two mating types from meiosis, referred to as bipolarity. Several species are now known to have large and highly rearranged chromosomal regions linked to mating-type genes. At the population level, polymorphism of the mating-type genes is an exceptional aspect of some basidiomycete fungi, where selection under outcrossing for rare, intercompatible allelic variants is thought to be responsible for numbers of mating types that may reach several thousand. Advances in genome sequencing and assembly are yielding new insights by comparative approaches among and within basidiomycete species, with the promise to resolve the evolutionary origins and dynamics of mating compatibility genetics in this major eukaryotic lineage.
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- Marco A. Coelho
- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre Summerland, BC, V0H 1Z0, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, 01002-5000 Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400, Orsay, France
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- Joseph Heitman
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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James TY, Sun S, Li W, Heitman J, Kuo HC, Lee YH, Asiegbu FO, Olson Å. Polyporales genomes reveal the genetic architecture underlying tetrapolar and bipolar mating systems. Mycologia 2017; 105:1374-90. [DOI: 10.3852/13-162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Timothy Y. James
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Advances in Understanding Mating Type Gene Organization in the Mushroom-Forming Fungus Flammulina velutipes. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2016; 6:3635-3645. [PMID: 27621376 PMCID: PMC5100862 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.034637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The initiation of sexual development in the important edible and medicinal mushroom Flammulina velutipes is controlled by special genes at two different, independent, mating type (MAT) loci: HD and PR. We expanded our understanding of the F. velutipes mating type system by analyzing the MAT loci from a series of strains. The HD locus of F. velutipes houses homeodomain genes (Hd genes) on two separated locations: sublocus HD-a and HD-b. The HD-b subloci contained strain-specific Hd1/Hd2 gene pairs, and crosses between strains with different HD-b subloci indicated a role in mating. The function of the HD-a sublocus remained undecided. Many, but not all strains contained the same conserved Hd2 gene at the HD-a sublocus. The HD locus usually segregated as a whole, though we did detect one new HD locus with a HD-a sublocus from one parental strain, and a HD-b sublocus from the other. The PR locus of F. velutipes contained pheromone receptor (STE3) and pheromone precursor (Pp) genes at two locations, sublocus PR-a and PR-b. PR-a and PR-b both contained sets of strain-specific STE3 and Pp genes, indicating a role in mating. PR-a and PR-b cosegregated in our experiments. However, the identification of additional strains with identical PR-a, yet different PR-b subloci, demonstrated that PR subloci can recombine within the PR locus. In conclusion, at least three of the four MAT subloci seem to participate in mating, and new HD and PR loci can be generated through intralocus recombination in F. velutipes.
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Fruiting Body Formation in Volvariella volvacea Can Occur Independently of Its MAT-A-Controlled Bipolar Mating System, Enabling Homothallic and Heterothallic Life Cycles. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2016; 6:2135-46. [PMID: 27194800 PMCID: PMC4938666 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.030700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Volvariella volvacea is an important crop in Southeast Asia, but erratic fruiting presents a serious challenge for its production and breeding. Efforts to explain inconsistent fruiting have been complicated by the multinucleate nature, typical lack of clamp connections, and an incompletely identified sexual reproductive system. In this study, we addressed the life cycle of V. volvacea using whole genome sequencing, cloning of MAT loci, karyotyping of spores, and fruiting assays. Microscopy analysis of spores had previously indicated the possible coexistence of heterothallic and homothallic life cycles. Our analysis of the MAT loci showed that only MAT-A, and not MAT-B, controlled heterokaryotization. Thus, the heterothallic life cycle was bipolar. Karyotyping of single spore isolates (SSIs) using molecular markers supported the existence of heterokaryotic spores. However, most SSIs were clearly not heterokaryotic, yet contained structural variation (SV) markers relating to both alleles of both parents. Heterokaryons from crossed, self-sterile homokaryons could produce fruiting bodies, agreeing with bipolar heterothallism. Meanwhile, some SSIs with two different MAT-A loci also produced fruiting bodies, which supported secondary homothallism. Next, SSIs that clearly contained only one MAT-A locus (homothallism) were also able to fruit, demonstrating that self-fertile SSIs were not, per definition, secondary homothallic, and that a third life cycle or genetic mechanism must exist. Finally, recombination between SV markers was normal, yet 10 out of 24 SV markers showed 1:2 or 1:3 distributions in the spores, and large numbers of SSIs contained doubled SV markers. This indicated selfish genes, and possibly partial aneuploidy.
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Díaz-Valderrama JR, Aime MC. The cacao pathogen Moniliophthora roreri (Marasmiaceae) possesses biallelic A and B mating loci but reproduces clonally. Heredity (Edinb) 2016; 116:491-501. [PMID: 26932308 PMCID: PMC4868271 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2016.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The cacao pathogen Moniliophthora roreri belongs to the mushroom-forming family Marasmiaceae, but it has never been observed to produce a fruiting body, which calls to question its capacity for sexual reproduction. In this study, we identified potential A (HD1 and HD2) and B (pheromone precursors and pheromone receptors) mating genes in M. roreri. A PCR-based method was subsequently devised to determine the mating type for a set of 47 isolates from across the geographic range of the fungus. We developed and generated an 11-marker microsatellite set and conducted association and linkage disequilibrium (standardized index of association, IA(s)) analyses. We also performed an ancestral reconstruction analysis to show that the ancestor of M. roreri is predicted to be heterothallic and tetrapolar, which together with sliding window analyses support that the A and B mating loci are likely unlinked and follow a tetrapolar organization within the genome. The A locus is composed of a pair of HD1 and HD2 genes, whereas the B locus consists of a paired pheromone precursor, Mr_Ph4, and receptor, STE3_Mr4. Two A and B alleles but only two mating types were identified. Association analyses divided isolates into two well-defined genetically distinct groups that correlate with their mating type; IA(s) values show high linkage disequilibrium as is expected in clonal reproduction. Interestingly, both mating types were found in South American isolates but only one mating type was found in Central American isolates, supporting a prior hypothesis of clonal dissemination throughout Central America after a single or very few introductions of the fungus from South America.
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- J R Díaz-Valderrama
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Au CH, Wong MC, Bao D, Zhang M, Song C, Song W, Law PTW, Kües U, Kwan HS. The genetic structure of the A mating-type locus of Lentinula edodes. Gene 2013; 535:184-90. [PMID: 24295887 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.11.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler is a tetrapolar basidiomycete with two unlinked mating-type loci, commonly called the A and B loci. Identifying the mating-types in shiitake is important for enhancing the breeding and cultivation of this economically-important edible mushroom. Here, we identified the A mating-type locus from the first draft genome sequence of L. edodes and characterized multiple alleles from different monokaryotic strains. Two intron-length polymorphism markers were developed to facilitate rapid molecular determination of A mating-type. L. edodes sequences were compared with those of known tetrapolar and bipolar basidiomycete species. The A mating-type genes are conserved at the homeodomain region across the order Agaricales. However, we observed unique genomic organization of the locus in L. edodes which exhibits atypical gene order and multiple repetitive elements around its A locus. To our knowledge, this is the first known exception among Homobasidiomycetes, in which the mitochondrial intermediate peptidase (mip) gene is not closely linked to A locus.
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- Chun Hang Au
- Biology Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Biology Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Edible Fungi Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Edible Fungi Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Edible Fungi Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Edible Fungi Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Biology Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Biology Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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Bao D, Gong M, Zheng H, Chen M, Zhang L, Wang H, Jiang J, Wu L, Zhu Y, Zhu G, Zhou Y, Li C, Wang S, Zhao Y, Zhao G, Tan Q. Sequencing and comparative analysis of the straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) genome. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58294. [PMID: 23526973 PMCID: PMC3602538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Volvariella volvacea, the edible straw mushroom, is a highly nutritious food source that is widely cultivated on a commercial scale in many parts of Asia using agricultural wastes (rice straw, cotton wastes) as growth substrates. However, developments in V. volvacea cultivation have been limited due to a low biological efficiency (i.e. conversion of growth substrate to mushroom fruit bodies), sensitivity to low temperatures, and an unclear sexuality pattern that has restricted the breeding of improved strains. We have now sequenced the genome of V. volvacea and assembled it into 62 scaffolds with a total genome size of 35.7 megabases (Mb), containing 11,084 predicted gene models. Comparative analyses were performed with the model species in basidiomycete on mating type system, carbohydrate active enzymes, and fungal oxidative lignin enzymes. We also studied transcriptional regulation of the response to low temperature (4°C). We found that the genome of V. volvacea has many genes that code for enzymes, which are involved in the degradation of cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. The molecular genetics of the mating type system in V. volvacea was also found to be similar to the bipolar system in basidiomycetes, suggesting that it is secondary homothallism. Sensitivity to low temperatures could be due to the lack of the initiation of the biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, trehalose and glycogen biosyntheses in this mushroom. Genome sequencing of V. volvacea has improved our understanding of the biological characteristics related to the degradation of the cultivating compost consisting of agricultural waste, the sexual reproduction mechanism, and the sensitivity to low temperatures at the molecular level which in turn will enable us to increase the industrial production of this mushroom.
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- Dapeng Bao
- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Shanghai, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, P. R. China
- Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Vuilleumier S, Alcala N, Niculita-Hirzel H. Transitions from reproductive systems governed by two self-incompatible loci to one in fungi. Evolution 2012; 67:501-16. [PMID: 23356621 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Self-incompatibility (SI), a reproductive system broadly present in plants, chordates, fungi, and protists, might be controlled by one or several multiallelic loci. How a transition in the number of SI loci can occur and the consequences of such events for the population's genetics and dynamics have not been studied theoretically. Here, we provide analytical descriptions of two transition mechanisms: linkage of the two SI loci (scenario 1) and the loss of function of one incompatibility gene within a mating type of a population with two SI loci (scenario 2). We show that invasion of populations by the new mating type form depends on whether the fitness of the new type is lowered, and on the allelic diversity of the SI loci and the recombination between the two SI loci in the starting population. Moreover, under scenario 1, it also depends on the frequency of the SI alleles that became linked. We demonstrate that, following invasion, complete transitions in the reproductive system occurs under scenario 2 and is predicted only for small populations under scenario 1. Interestingly, such events are associated with a drastic reduction in mating type number.
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- Séverine Vuilleumier
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Characterization of DNA polymorphisms in Rhizopogon roseolus homeodomain protein genes and their utilization for strain identification. Mycol Prog 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-012-0840-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sexual reproduction enables genetic exchange in eukaryotic organisms as diverse as fungi, animals, plants, and ciliates. Given its ubiquity, sex is thought to have evolved once, possibly concomitant with or shortly after the origin of eukaryotic organisms themselves. The basic principles of sex are conserved, including ploidy changes, the formation of gametes via meiosis, mate recognition, and cell-cell fusion leading to the production of a zygote. Although the basic tenants are shared, sex determination and sexual reproduction occur in myriad forms throughout nature, including outbreeding systems with more than two mating types or sexes, unisexual selfing, and even examples in which organisms switch mating type. As robust and diverse genetic models, fungi provide insights into the molecular nature of sex, sexual specification, and evolution to advance our understanding of sexual reproduction and its impact throughout the eukaryotic tree of life.
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- Min Ni
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Jones SK, Bennett RJ. Fungal mating pheromones: choreographing the dating game. Fungal Genet Biol 2011; 48:668-76. [PMID: 21496492 PMCID: PMC3100450 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pheromones are ubiquitous from bacteria to mammals - a testament to their importance in regulating inter-cellular communication. In fungal species, they play a critical role in choreographing interactions between mating partners during the program of sexual reproduction. Here, we describe how fungal pheromones are synthesized, their interactions with G protein-coupled receptors, and the signals propagated by this interaction, using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a reference point. Divergence from this model system is compared amongst the ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, which reveals the wealth of information that has been gleaned from studying pheromone-driven processes across a wide spectrum of the fungal kingdom.
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- Stephen K. Jones
- Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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- Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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Kües U, Navarro-González M. Mating-type orthologous genes in the primarily homothallic Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of Witches' Broom Disease in cacao. J Basic Microbiol 2010; 50:442-51. [PMID: 20586074 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The cacao-pathogenic Moniliophthora perniciosa C-biotype is a primarily homothallic Agaricomycete of which the genome has recently become available. Searching of the genome sequence with mating type proteins from other basidiomycetes detected one or possibly two potential genes for HD1 homeodomain transcription factors, 7 or possibly 8 genes for potential pheromone receptors and five genes for putative pheromone precursors. Apparently, the fungus possesses gene functions encoded in the tetrapolar basidiomycetes in the A and B mating loci, respectively. In the tetrapolar species, the A and B mating type genes govern formation of clamp cells at hyphal septa of the dikaryon and their fusion with sub-apical cells as well as mushroom production. The C-biotype forms fused clamp cells and also basidiocarps on mycelia germinated from basidiospores and their development might be controlled by the detected genes. It represents the first example of a primarily homothallic basidiomycete where A - and B -mating-type-like genes were found. Various strategies are discussed as how self-compatibility in presence of such genes can evolve. An A -mating-type like gene for an HD2 homeodomain transcription factor is, however, not included in the available sequence representing estimated 69% coverage of the haploid genome but there are non-mating genes for other homeodomain transcription factors of currently unknown function that are conserved in basidiomycetes and also various ascomycetes.
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- Ursula Kües
- Division of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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A single mating-type locus composed of homeodomain genes promotes nuclear migration and heterokaryosis in the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 10:249-61. [PMID: 21131435 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00212-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The white-rot basidiomycete fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium (Agaricomycetes) is a model species that produces potent wood-degrading enzymes. The mating system of the species has been difficult to characterize due to its cryptic fruiting habit and lack of clamp connections in the heterokaryotic phase. By exploiting the draft genome sequence, we reevaluated the mating system of P. chrysosporium by studying the inheritance and segregation of putative mating-type gene homologues, the homeodomain transcription factor genes (MAT-A) and the pheromone receptors (MAT-B). A pattern of mating incompatibility and fructification consistent with a bipolar system with a single MAT locus was observed, but the rejection response was much weaker than that seen in other agaricomycete species, leading to stable heterokaryons with identical MAT alleles. The homeodomain genes appear to comprise the single MAT locus because they are heterozygous in wild strains and hyperpolymorphic at the DNA sequence level and promote aspects of sexual reproduction, such as nuclear migration, heterokaryon stability, and basidiospore formation. The pheromone receptor loci that might constitute a MAT-B locus, as in many other Agaricomycetes, are not linked to the MAT-A locus and display low levels of polymorphism. This observation is inconsistent with a bipolar mating system that includes pheromones and pheromone receptors as mating-type determinants. The partial uncoupling of nuclear migration and mating incompatibility in this species may be predicted to lead to parasexual recombination and may have contributed to the homothallic behavior observed in previous studies.
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Assessment of constitutive activity of a G protein-coupled receptor, CPR2, in Cryptococcus neoformans by heterologous and homologous methods. Methods Enzymol 2010. [PMID: 21036243 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381298-8.00020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest superfamily of cell surface receptors and are primary targets for drug development. A variety of detection systems have been reported to study ligand-GPCR interactions. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae to express foreign proteins has long been appreciated for its low cost, simplicity, and conserved cellular pathways. The yeast pheromone-responsive pathway has been utilized to assess a range of different GPCRs. We have identified a pheromone-like receptor, Cpr2, that is located outside of the MAT locus in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. To characterize its function and potential ligands, we expressed CPR2 in a yeast heterologous expression system. To optimize for CPR2 expression in this system, pheromone receptor Ste3, regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) Sst2, and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Far1 were mutated. The lacZ gene was fused with the promoter of the FUS1 gene that is activated by the yeast pheromone signal and then introduced into yeast cells. Expression of CPR2 in this yeast heterologous expression system revealed that Cpr2 could activate the pheromone-responsive pathway without addition of potential ligands, suggesting it is a naturally occurring, constitutively active receptor. Mutation of a single amino acid, Leu(222), was sufficient to reverse the constitutive activity of Cpr2. In this chapter, we summarize methods used for assessing the constitutive activity of Cpr2 and its mutants, which could be beneficial for other GPCR studies.
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Billiard S, López-Villavicencio M, Devier B, Hood ME, Fairhead C, Giraud T. Having sex, yes, but with whom? Inferences from fungi on the evolution of anisogamy and mating types. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2010; 86:421-42. [PMID: 21489122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2010.00153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The advantage of sex has been among the most debated issues in biology. Surprisingly, the question of why sexual reproduction generally requires the combination of distinct gamete classes, such as small and large gametes, or gametes with different mating types, has been much less investigated. Why do systems with alternative gamete classes (i.e. systems with either anisogamy or mating types or both) appear even though they restrict the probability of finding a compatible mating partner? Why does the number of gamete classes vary from zero to thousands, with most often only two classes? We review here the hypotheses proposed to explain the origin, maintenance, number, and loss of gamete classes. We argue that fungi represent highly suitable models to help resolve issues related to the evolution of distinct gamete classes, because the number of mating types vary from zero to thousands across taxa, anisogamy is present or not, and because there are frequent transitions between these conditions. We review the nature and number of gamete classes in fungi, and we attempt to draw inferences from these data on the evolutionary forces responsible for their appearance, loss or maintenance, and number.
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- Sylvain Billiard
- Université Lille Nord de France, USTL, GEPV, CNRS, FRE 3268, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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A-mating-type gene expression can drive clamp formation in the bipolar mushroom Pholiota microspora (Pholiota nameko). EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 9:1109-19. [PMID: 20453073 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00374-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the bipolar basidiomycete Pholiota microspora, a pair of homeodomain protein genes located at the A-mating-type locus regulates mating compatibility. In the present study, we used a DNA-mediated transformation system in P. microspora to investigate the homeodomain proteins that control the clamp formation. When a single homeodomain protein gene (A3-hox1 or A3-hox2) from the A3 monokaryon strain was transformed into the A4 monokaryon strain, the transformants produced many pseudoclamps but very few clamps. When two homeodomain protein genes (A3-hox1 and A3-hox2) were transformed either separately or together into the A4 monokaryon, the ratio of clamps to the clamplike cells in the transformants was significantly increased to ca. 50%. We therefore concluded that the gene dosage of homeodomain protein genes is important for clamp formation. When the sip promoter was connected to the coding region of A3-hox1 and A3-hox2 and the fused fragments were introduced into NGW19-6 (A4), the transformants achieved more than 85% clamp formation and exhibited two nuclei per cell, similar to the dikaryon (NGW12-163 x NGW19-6). The results of real-time reverse transcription-PCR confirmed that sip promoter activity is greater than that of the native promoter of homeodomain protein genes in P. microspora. Thus, we concluded that nearly 100% clamp formation requires high expression levels of homeodomain protein genes and that altered expression of the A-mating-type genes alone is sufficient to drive true clamp formation.
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Hsueh YP, Xue C, Heitman J. A constitutively active GPCR governs morphogenic transitions in Cryptococcus neoformans. EMBO J 2009; 28:1220-33. [PMID: 19322200 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Sex in fungi is driven by peptide pheromones sensed through seven-transmembrane pheromone receptors. In Cryptococcus neoformans, sexual reproduction occurs through an outcrossing/heterothallic a- sexual cycle or an inbreeding/homothallic - unisexual mating process. Pheromone receptors encoded by the mating-type locus (MAT) mediate reciprocal pheromone sensing during opposite-sex mating and contribute to but are not essential for unisexual mating. A pheromone receptor-like gene, CPR2, was discovered that is not encoded by MAT and whose expression is induced during a- mating. cpr2 mutants are fertile but have a fusion defect and produce abnormal hyphal structures, whereas CPR2 overexpression elicits unisexual reproduction. When heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cpr2 activates pheromone responses in the absence of any ligand. This constitutive activity results from an unconventional residue, Leu(222), in place of a conserved proline in transmembrane domain six; a Cpr2(L222P) mutant is no longer constitutively active. Cpr2 engages the same G-protein activated signalling cascade as the Ste3a/alpha pheromone receptors, and thereby competes for pathway activation. This study established a new paradigm in which a naturally occurring constitutively active G protein-coupled receptor governs morphogenesis in fungi.
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- Yen-Ping Hsueh
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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DNA-mediated transformation system in a bipolar basidiomycete, Pholiota microspora (P. nameko). MYCOSCIENCE 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10267-008-0456-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yi R, Tachikawa T, Ishikawa M, Mukaiyama H, Bao D, Aimi T. Genomic structure of the A mating-type locus in a bipolar basidiomycete, Pholiota nameko. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 113:240-8. [PMID: 19049868 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In the bipolar basidiomycete, Pholiota nameko, the homeodomain protein, A4-hox1, located at the A mating-type locus, is known to regulate mating compatibility. In the present study, we investigated the genomic structure of the P. nameko A mating-type locus and its flanking region. A second homeodomain gene (A4-hox2) was discovered upstream of A4-hox1; this together with the conserved gene order around the A mating-type locus and their similar transcription direction were found in P. nameko, another bipolar mushroom, Coprinellus disseminatus, and two tetrapolar mushrooms, Coprinopsis cinerea and Laccaria bicolor. Analysis of the deduced protein sequences of the homeodomain protein genes from two strains of P. nameko show that the putative functional domains differ from those of the homeodomain proteins of the tetrapolar mushrooms, C. cinerea and L. bicolor.
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- Ruirong Yi
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori-shi, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
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Mating system of the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum: selfing under heterothallism. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2008; 7:765-75. [PMID: 18281603 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00440-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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James TY, Srivilai P, Kües U, Vilgalys R. Evolution of the bipolar mating system of the mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus from its tetrapolar ancestors involves loss of mating-type-specific pheromone receptor function. Genetics 2006; 172:1877-91. [PMID: 16461425 PMCID: PMC1456265 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.051128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mating incompatibility in mushroom fungi is controlled by the mating-type loci. In tetrapolar species, two unlinked mating-type loci exist (A and B), whereas in bipolar species there is only one locus. The A and B mating-type loci encode homeodomain transcription factors and pheromones and pheromone receptors, respectively. Most mushroom species have a tetrapolar mating system, but numerous transitions to bipolar mating systems have occurred. Here we determined the genes controlling mating type in the bipolar mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus. Through positional cloning and degenerate PCR, we sequenced both the transcription factor and pheromone receptor mating-type gene homologs from C. disseminatus. Only the transcription factor genes segregate with mating type, discounting the hypothesis of genetic linkage between the A and B mating-type loci as the causal origin of bipolar mating behavior. The mating-type locus of C. disseminatus is similar to the A mating-type locus of the model species Coprinopsis cinerea and encodes two tightly linked pairs of homeodomain transcription factor genes. When transformed into C. cinerea, the C. disseminatus A and B homologs elicited sexual reactions like native mating-type genes. Although mating type in C. disseminatus is controlled by only the transcription factor genes, cellular functions appear to be conserved for both groups of genes.
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- Timothy Y James
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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