Mitochondrial prohibitin complex regulates fungal virulence via ATG24-assisted mitophagy

Affiliations

Yaqin Yan: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Jintian Tang: Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University
Qinfeng Yuan: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Caiyun Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Xiaolin Chen: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Hao Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Junbin Huang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Chonglai Bao: Institute of Vegetables Research, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Tom Hsiang: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
Lu Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University

Abstract

Prohibitins recruit ChATG24 into the mitochondria to modulate mitophagy, thereby affecting the virulence of Colletotrichum higginsianum.