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RNA Modification and Its Implication in Plant Pathogenic Fungi

  • Jeon, Junhyun (Department of Biotechnology, College of Life and Applied Sciences, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Song Hee (Plant Immunity Center, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2021.07.14
  • Accepted : 2021.09.17
  • Published : 2021.12.01
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Abstract

Interaction of a pathogen with its host plant requires both flexibility and rapid shift in gene expression programs in response to environmental cues associated with host cells. Recently, a growing volume of data on the diversity and ubiquity of internal RNA modifications has led to the realization that such modifications are highly dynamic and yet evolutionarily conserved system. This hints at these RNA modifications being an additional regulatory layer for genetic information, culminating in epitranscriptome concept. In plant pathogenic fungi, however, the presence and the biological roles of RNA modifications are largely unknown. Here we delineate types of RNA modifications, and provide examples demonstrating roles of such modifications in biology of filamentous fungi including fungal pathogens. We also discuss the possibility that RNA modification systems in fungal pathogens could be a prospective target for new agrochemicals.

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This work was supported by 2019 Yeungnam University Research Grant.

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