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Integrated Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Reveals that the Antimicrobial Griseofulvin Targets Didymella segeticola beta-Tubulin to Control Tea Leaf Spot.

Hongke Huang,Dongxue Li,Shilong Jiang,Rui Yang,Yuqin Yang,Zhong-Min Xia,Xinyue Jiang,Yongtian Zhao,Delu Wang,Baoan Song,Zhuo Chen

Published 2022 in Phytopathology

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Because effective control measures are lacking, tea leaf spot caused by Didymella segeticola results in huge tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] production losses on tea plantations in Guizhou Province, southernwest China. Screening for natural anti-microbial agents with higher control effects against this pathogen and studying their modes of action may contribute to disease management. Here, Penicillium griseofulvum-derived antimicrobial griseofulvin (GSF) can inhibit the hyphal growth of D. segeticola strain GZSQ-4, with a half-maximal effective concentration of 0.37 μg/ml in vitro and a higher curative efficacy at a lower dose of 25 μg/ml for detached tea twigs. GSF induces deformed and slightly curly hyphae with enlarged ends, with protoplasts agglutinated in the hyphae, and higher numbers of hyphal protuberances. GSF altered hyphal morphology and the subcellular structure's order. The integrated transcriptome and proteome data revealed that the transport of materials in cells, cellular movement, and mitosis were modulated by GSF. Molecular docking indicated that beta-tubulin was the most potent target of GSF, with a binding free energy of -13.59 kcal/mol, and microscale thermophoresis indicated that the Kd value of GSF binding to beta-tubulin 1, compared with beta-tubulin 2, was significantly lower. Thus, GSF potentially targets beta-tubulin 1 to disturb the chromosomal separation and fungal mitosis, thereby inhibiting hyphal growth.

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