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Deubiquitinase MoAMSH inhibits autophagy by targeting MoAtg6 in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Mengfan He, Hongmin Lv, Jin Zhao, Yun‐Ran Zhang, Xue‐Ming Zhu , et al. · 2025

Ubiquitination is a highly conserved post-translational modification in eukaryotes, and the deubiquitinase associated molecule with the SH3 domain of STAM (AMSH) plays a critical role in reversing this modification, thereby regulating vari…

A fungal chromatin remodeler drives transcription by establishing an open chromatin architecture and activated histone environment Open

Mengting Xu, Qi Zhang, Yuan Li, Wei Zhou, Lanlin Lei , et al. · 2025

Establishment of Novel and Efficient Methods for Investigating Sexual Reproduction in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Yingying Cai, Jing Wang, Muhammad Noman, Zhongna Hao, Zhen Zhang , et al. · 2025

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, significantly threatens global rice production. Disease control is complicated by the pathogen’s high genetic diversity, which is driven by heterothallic recombination between opposite mating types…

Configurations for High‐Quality Environmental Disclosure in China's Dual Carbon Era Open

Puxuan Wang, Shuangjin Wang, Maggie Foley, Fu‐Cheng Lin · 2025

Amid growing global commitments to carbon neutrality and sustainable development, heavy‐polluting enterprises worldwide are undergoing a critical transition toward low‐carbon operations, highlighting the essential role of environmental inf…

Nuclear basket nucleoporin MoNup50 is essential for fungal development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Yingying Cai, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Muhammad Noman, Jing Wang, Zhongna Hao , et al. · 2025

Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Regulation Network of CEBiP in Rice Defense Against Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Qi Zheng, Jiandong Bao, Lin Li, Zi-Fang Shen, Jiaoyu Wang , et al. · 2025

Rice blast disease is a major threat to rice yields. Sustainable control relies on resistant varieties, where plant immunity is triggered by pattern recognition receptors like receptor-like proteins (RLPs). The rice RLP chitin-elicitor bin…

MoSec13 combined with MoGcn5b modulates MoAtg8 acetylation and regulates autophagy in <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> Open

Hui Qian, Minghua Wu, Wenhui Zhao, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Li‐Xiao Sun , et al. · 2025

Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular degradation process that is crucial for cellular homeostasis in Magnaporthe oryzae. However, the precise regulatory mechanisms governing autophagy in this organism rem…

Endophytic fungi—Big player in plant-microbe symbiosis Open

Qian-xi Li, Fu‐Cheng Lin, Zhen-Zhu Su · 2025

Endophytic fungi are recognized as beneficial microorganisms that form symbiotic relationships with plants. These fungi enhance plant adaptability to biotic and abiotic stresses, promote plant growth through the secretion of phytohormones,…

Endophyte Acrocalymma vagum establishes the holobiont with rice to attract beneficial microorganisms and promote disease resistance Open

Yulan Zeng, Xuan-Jun Lu, M Wang, Suming Chen, Qianxi Li , et al. · 2025

The A. vagum-rice holobiont releases recruitment signals and improves the rice community structure. We provide ecological and molecular evidence to confirm the mutualism of endophyte-plant-promoting growth and disease resistance.

The Sphinganine C4-Hydroxylase MoSur2 Regulates Lipid Homeostasis and cell development in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Nida Asif, Jiong-Yi Yan, Hao Lv, Li Lin, Zi-Fang Shen , et al. · 2025

Magnaporthe oryzae causes rice blast disease and is an invasive threat to global rice crops production. Recent investigations revealed that sphingolipids play an important role in various cellular processes and give us molecular insights i…

Comparative functional analysis of a new CDR1-like ABC transporter gene in multidrug resistance and virulence between Magnaporthe oryzae and Trichophyton mentagrophytes Open

Jing Wang, Chenwen Xiao, Shuang Liang, Muhammad Noman, Yingying Cai , et al. · 2025

A multilayered regulatory network mediated by protein phosphatase 4 controls carbon catabolite repression and de-repression in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Zhicheng Huang, Qing Wang, Yan Li, Pengyun Huang, Jian Liao , et al. · 2025

Nuclear basket nucleoporin MoNup50 is essential for fungal development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Yingying Cai, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Muhammad Noman, Jing Wang, Zhongna Hao , et al. · 2024

Autophagy is crucial for appressorium development and host invasion by phytopathogenic fungi, including Magnaporthe oryzae. During appressorium maturation, many organelles, such as nuclei, in the conidia need to be degraded through autopha…

Correction to: A rho-type GTPase activating protein affects the growth and development of Cordyceps cicadae Open

Xue–Qian Li, Yu Zou, Neeraj Shrivastava, Jiandong Bao, Fu‐Cheng Lin , et al. · 2024

A glance at structural biology in advancing rice blast fungus research Open

J Yan, Lin Li, Jiandong Bao, Jiaoyu Wang, Xiaohong Liu , et al. · 2024

The filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is widely recognized as a notorious plant pathogen responsible for causing rice blasts. With rapid advancements in molecular biology technologies, numerous regulatory mechanisms have been th…

A repressive H3K36me2 reader mediates Polycomb silencing Open

Mengting Xu, Qi Zhang, Huanbin Shi, Zhongling Wu, Wei Zhou , et al. · 2024

Comparative functional analysis of a new CDR1-like ABC transporter gene in multidrug resistance and virulence between Magnaporthe oryzae and Trichophyton mentagrophytes Open

Jing Wang, Chenwen Xiao, Shuang Liang, Muhammad Noman, Yingying Cai , et al. · 2024

Fungi are notorious for causing diseases in plants and domestic animals. ABC transporters play pivotal roles in multidrug resistance in fungi, with some ABC proteins indispensable for the pathogenicity of plant fungal pathongens. However, …

A Taxonomic Study of Candolleomyces Specimens from China Revealed Seven New Species Open

Xi-Xi Han, Dorji Phurbu, Guang-Hui Ma, Youzhi Li, Yu-Jiao Mei , et al. · 2024

Based on phylogenetic analysis, Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae, Agaricales) was established with Psathyrella candolleana as the type species. The basidiomes range from small to large and are typically terrestrial, lignicolous, and rarely …

Dihydroorotase MoPyr4 is required for development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in rice blast fungus Open

Jingyi Wang, Yingying Cai, Lin Li, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Zi-Fang Shen , et al. · 2024

MoLst8 regulates autophagy and lipid homeostasis in<i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> Open

Cao Xing-wei, Lin Li, Jiandong Bao, Jiaoyu Wang, Xiaohong Liu , et al. · 2024

TOR, a widely conserved eukaryotic protein kinase, forms TORC1 and TORC2 to regulate diverse cell signaling. TORC1 controls protein synthesis, cell cycle, and autophagy, whereas TORC2 manages cell polarity, cytoskeleton, and membrane struc…

Telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of two Chinese Baijiu-brewing sorghum landraces Open

Jiandong Bao, Heng Zhang, Fulin Wang, Lin Li, Xue‐Ming Zhu , et al. · 2024

Low-Temperature Deposition of Diamond Films by MPCVD with Graphite Paste Additive Open

Stephen Yang-En Guu, Fu‐Cheng Lin, Yu-Sen Chien, Alen Jhang, Yonhua Tzeng · 2024

Modern integrated circuits (ICs) take advantage of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures in devices and interconnects to achieve high-speed and ultra-low-power performance. The choice of electrical insulation materials with excellent diele…

Csn5 inhibits autophagy by regulating the ubiquitination of Atg6 and Tor to mediate the pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Zi-Fang Shen, Lin Li, Jingyi Wang, Jian Liao, Yun‐Ran Zhang , et al. · 2024

The MoLfa1 Protein Regulates Fungal Development and Septin Ring Formation in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Jiaqi Wu, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Jiandong Bao, Jiaoyu Wang, Xiaoping Yu , et al. · 2024

Septins play a key regulatory role in cell division, cytokinesis, and cell polar growth of the rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae). We found that the organization of the septin ring, which is essential for appressorium-mediated infectio…

Roles of CcDFR and CcOMT9 in the cyanidin biosynthesis and development of Cordyceps cicadae Open

Zixuan Zeng, Yu Zou, Weiming Cai, Fu‐Cheng Lin, Hongkai Wang · 2024

Introduction Cordyceps cicadae is a traditional Chinese medicinal fungus known for its rich production of bioactive substances, particularly cyanidin, an anthocyanin commonly found in plants with notable anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti…

DGK5β-derived phosphatidic acid regulates ROS production in plant immunity by stabilizing NADPH oxidase Open

Fan Qi, Jianwei Li, Yingfei Ai, Keke Shang‐Guan, Ping Li , et al. · 2024

Key transcription factors required for outburst of rice blast disease in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Qing Wang, Zhicheng Huang, Irshad Ali Khan, Yan Li, Jing Wang , et al. · 2024

Rice blast is a serious threat to the safe production of grain crops such as rice and wheat. Sporulation, appressorium formation, and invasive growth of Magnaporthe oryzae are the key stages of the development and spread of rice blast epid…

The cell cycle, autophagy, and cell wall integrity pathway jointly governed by MoSwe1 in Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Lin Li, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Jiandong Bao, Jiaoyu Wang, Xiaohong Liu , et al. · 2024

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Effector Candidates with Conserved Motif in Falciphora oryzae Open

Mengdi Dai, Zhen-Zhu Su, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Lin Li, Ziran Ye , et al. · 2024

Microbes employ effectors to disrupt immune responses and promote host colonization. Conserved motifs including RXLR, LFLAK-HVLVxxP (CRN), Y/F/WxC, CFEM, LysM, Chitin-bind, DPBB_1 (PNPi), and Cutinase have been discovered to play crucial r…

Recent Advances in Effector Research of Magnaporthe oryzae Open

Yunyun Wei, Shuang Liang, Xue‐Ming Zhu, Xiaohong Liu, Fu‐Cheng Lin · 2023

Recalcitrant rice blast disease is caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, which has a significant negative economic reverberation on crop productivity. In order to induce the disease onto the host, M. oryzae positively generates many types of small…

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