The Methyltransferase VdPRMT4 Regulates Verticillium dahliae via Regulation of Primary Metabolic Processes
Yanqing Bi, Guoshuai Zhang, Xinyu Zhu, Yumei Su, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Xiaofeng Su, Wenfang Guo, Yue Li · 2026
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Yanqing Bi and co-authors studied a gene in a fungus that causes wilt disease in cotton, in work published in 2026. The fungus lives in soil and is a serious threat to cotton crops around the world, and the gene helps it add methyl marks to its proteins.
The gene's activity rose early in infection. Silencing it in the fungus eased disease in cotton plants and cut fungal growth inside them. Deleting the gene left normal thread growth intact but hurt spore making and sharply weakened the disease. Gene scans showed wide shifts in the fungus's core chemistry. The authors offer the gene as a target for protecting cotton.
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| CREATOR | Yanqing Bi, Guoshuai Zhang, Xinyu Zhu, Yumei Su, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Xiaofeng Su, Wenfang Guo, Yue Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |