A revised nomenclature for ToxA haplotypes across multiple fungal species

Reem Aboukhaddour*, Mohamed Hafez Abdel-Fattah, Megan McDonald, Caroline Moffat, Sudhir Navathe, Timothy L. Friesen, Stephen E. Strelkov, Richard P. Oliver, Kar-Chun Tan, Zhaohui Liu, Paula Moolhuijzen, Huyen Phan, Pao Theen See, Peter Solomon

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Abstract

ToxA is one of the most studied proteinaceous necrotrophic effectors produced by plant pathogens. It has been identified in four pathogens (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, Parastagonospora nodorum, Parastagonospora pseudonodorum (formerly Parastagonospora avenaria f. sp. tritici) and Bipolaris sorokiniana) causing leaf spot diseases on cereals worldwide. To date, 24 different ToxA haplotypes have been identified. Some Py. tritici-repentis and related species also express ToxB, another small protein necrotrophic effector. We present here a revised and standardized nomenclature for these effectors, which could be extended to other poly-haplotypic (allelic) genes found across multiple species.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhytopathology
Early online date21 Feb 2023
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 21 Feb 2023

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