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

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