Genes under positive selection in a model plant pathogenic fungus, Botrytis

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• 作者：Gabriela Aguileta^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Juliette Lengelle^c ; Hé ; lè ; ne Chiapello^c ; Tatiana Giraud^a ; ^b ; Muriel Viaud^d ; Elisabeth Fournier^f ; Franç ; ois Rodolphe^c ; Sylvain Marthey^c ; Auré ; lie Ducasse^d ; Annie Gendrault^c ; Julie Poulain^e ; Patrick Wincker^e ; Lilian Gout^d ; ^g ; ^{gout@versailles.inra.fr} ; ^{lilian.gout@agroparistech.fr}
• 关键词：Botrytis ; Molecular evolution ; Fungi ; Natural selection ; Coevolution
• 刊名：Infection ; Genetics and Evolution
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：119_15671348
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：12
• 期：5
• 页码：987-996
• 文件大小：252 K

摘要

The rapid evolution of particular genes is essential for the adaptation of pathogens to new hosts and new environments. Powerful methods have been developed for detecting targets of selection in the genome. Here we used divergence data to compare genes among four closely related fungal pathogens adapted to different hosts to elucidate the functions putatively involved in adaptive processes. For this goal, ESTs were sequenced in the specialist fungal pathogens Botrytis tulipae and Botrytis ficariarum, and compared with genome sequences of Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, responsible for diseases on over 200 plant species. A maximum likelihood-based analysis of 642 predicted orthologs detected 21 genes showing footprints of positive selection. These results were validated by resequencing nine of these genes in additional Botrytis species, showing they have also been rapidly evolving in other related species. Twenty of the 21 genes had not previously been identified as pathogenicity factors in B. cinerea, but some had functions related to plant-fungus interactions. The putative functions were involved in respiratory and energy metabolism, protein and RNA metabolism, signal transduction or virulence, similarly to what was detected in previous studies using the same approach in other pathogens. Mutants of B. cinerea were generated for four of these genes as a first attempt to elucidate their functions.