Emergence of a hybrid PKS-NRPS secondary metabolite cluster in a clonal population of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

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Secondary metabolites (SMs) are crucial for fungi and vary in function from beneficial antibiotics to pathogenicity factors. To generate diversified SMs that enable different functions, SM-coding regions rapidly evolve in fungal genomes. However, the driving force and genetic mechanism of fungal SM diversification in the context of host-pathogen interactions remain largely unknown. Previously, we grouped field populations of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (syn: Pyricularia oryzae) into three major globally distributed clades based on population genomic analyses. Here, we characterize a recent duplication of an avirulent gene-containing SM cluster, ACE1, in a clonal M. oryzae population (Clade 2). We demonstrate that the ACE1 cluster is specifically duplicated in Clade 2, a dominant clade in indica rice-growing areas. With long-read sequencing, we obtained chromosome-level genome sequences of four Clade 2 isolates, which displayed differences in genomic organization of the ACE1 duplication process. Comparative genomic analyses suggested that the original ACE1 cluster experienced frequent rearrangement in Clade 2 isolates and revealed that the new ACE1 cluster is located in a newly formed and transposable element-rich region. Taken together, these results highlight the frequent mutation and expansion of an avirulent gene-containing SM cluster through transposable element-mediated whole-cluster duplication in the context of host-pathogen interactions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Environmental microbiology - 22(2020), 7 vom: 22. Juli, Seite 2709-2723

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Zhenhui [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Lianyu [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Huakun [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Jiandong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Meilian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Limei [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Ebbole, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zonghua [VerfasserIn]

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DNA Transposable Elements
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 25.01.2021

Date Revised 25.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1462-2920.14994

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308018559