Shuang Chen, Pengfang Li, Yakubu Saddeeq Abubakar, Peitao Lü, Yulong Li, Xuzhao Mao, Chengkang Zhang, Wenhui Zheng, Zonghua Wang, Guo-Dong Lu, Huawei Zheng
The transcription factor FgHtf1 is important for conidiogenesis in Fusarium graminearum and it positively regulates the expression of the sporulation-related gene FgCON7. However, the regulatory mechanism underlying its functions is still unclear. The present study intends to uncover the functional mechanism of FgHtf1 in relation to FgCon7 in F. graminearum. We demonstrated that FgCON7 serves as a target gene for FgHtf1. Interestingly, FgCon7 also binds the promoter region of FgHTF1 to negatively regulate its expression, thus forming a negative-feedback loop...
February 1, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules