MaNCP1, a C2H2 Zinc Finger Protein, Governs the Conidiation Pattern Shift through Regulating the Reductive Pathway for Nitric Oxide Synthesis in the Filamentous Fungus Metarhizium .

Asexual sporulation is the most common reproduction mode of fungi. Most filamentous fungi have two conidiation patterns, normal conidiation and microcycle conidiation, which may be regulated by nutritional conditions. Nitrogen source can affect the fungal conidiation pattern, but the regulatory mechanism is not fully understood.

MaNmrA, a Negative Transcription Regulator in Nitrogen Catabolite Repression Pathway, Contributes to Nutrient Utilization, Stress Resistance, and Virulence in Entomopathogenic Fungus .

The NCR pathway plays an important regulatory role in the nitrogen metabolism of filamentous fungi. NmrA, a central negative regulatory protein in the NCR pathway and a key factor in sensing to the carbon metabolism, plays important roles in pathogenic fungal nutrition metabolism. In this study, we characterized the functions of in the insect pathogenic fungus .

MaAreB, a GATA Transcription Factor, Is Involved in Nitrogen Source Utilization, Stress Tolerances and Virulence in .

The nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR) pathway is involved in nitrogen utilization, in which the global GATA transcription factor AreA plays an indispensable role and has been reported in many fungi. However, relatively few studies are focused on AreB, another GATA transcription factor in the NCR pathway and the functions of AreB are largely unknown in entomopathogenic fungi. Here, we characterized MaAreB in the model entomopathogenic fungus .