PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE GENE CPS1

摘要

The present invention relates to genes cloned from the plant pathogens Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Alternaria solani, Fusarium graminearium, and Pyrenophora teres, that encode a CPS1 peptide synthetase required for fungal pathogenesis. The nucleic acid molecules in a vector, a host cell, or a plant is also disclosed. The invention further provides a protein or polypeptide encoded by the CPS1 genes. Other aspects of the invention relate to a method of imparting disease resistance to a plant by overexpressing a protein of the present invention in a plant and a method for identifying inhibitors of a CPS1 protein in a sample.