Association·arcadia
Polyketide synthase HGT from Nocardia to Cordyceps
Putative horizontal gene transfer of a polyketide synthase gene from the actinomycete Nocardia huaxiensis to Cordyceps sp. RAO-2017, supported by functional annotation and upregulation during behavioral manipulation.
Confidence
80%
active
Evidence Quote
“Polyketide synthase gene was transferred from Nocardia huaxiensis to Cordyceps sp. RAO-2017”
Relationship
Polyketide synthase gene horizontally transferred Transfer from Nocardia huaxiensis to Cordyceps sp. RAO-2017
Arguments
Connections (1)
Evidence
“Study on horizontal gene transfer events from prokaryotes to fungi.”
Marcet-Houben M & Gabaldón T. (2010). Acquisition of prokaryotic genes by fungal genomes doi:10.1016/j.tig.2009.11.007 ↗
“Study demonstrating that horizontally acquired genes facilitate host nucleoside and nucleotide use in early-diverging pathogenic fungi.”
Alexander WG et al. (2016). Horizontally acquired genes in early-diverging pathogenic fungi enable the use of host nucleosides and nucleotides doi:10.1073/pnas.1517242113 ↗