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    N-acetylglucosamine sensing and metabolic engineering for attenuating human and plant pathogens
    (MDPI AG, 2022) Ansari, Sekhu; Kumar, Vinay; Bhatt, Dharmendra Nath; Irfan, Mohammad; Datta, Asis
    During evolution, both human and plant pathogens have evolved to utilize a diverse range of carbon sources. N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), an amino sugar, is one of the major carbon sources utilized by several human and phytopathogens. GlcNAc regulates the expression of many virulence genes of pathogens. In fact, GlcNAc catabolism is also involved in the regulation of virulence and pathogenesis of various human pathogens, including Candida albicans, Vibrio cholerae, Leishmania donovani, Mycobacterium, and phytopathogens such as Magnaporthe oryzae. Moreover, GlcNAc is also a well-known structural component of many bacterial and fungal pathogen cell walls, suggesting its possible role in cell signaling. Over the last few decades, many studies have been performed to study GlcNAc sensing, signaling, and metabolism to better understand the GlcNAc roles in pathogenesis in order to identify new drug targets. In this review, we provide recent insights into GlcNAc-mediated cell signaling and pathogenesis. Further, we describe how the GlcNAc metabolic pathway can be targeted to reduce the pathogens’ virulence in order to control the disease prevalence and crop productivity.
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    Magnaporthe oryzae MoNdt80 is a transcriptional regulator of GlcNAc catabolic pathway involved in pathogenesis
    (Elsevier B.V., 2020) Bhatt, Dharmendra Nath; Ansari, Sekhu; Kumar, Anil; Ghosh, Sumit; Narula, Alka; Datta, Asis
    Availability and efficient utilization of host-derived nutrients by pathogens decide the fate of host-pathogen interaction. In Magnaporthe oryzae, N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) catabolic pathway was found essential for successful host colonization and pathogenicity. GlcNAc catabolic enzymes hexokinase, GlcNAc-6-phosphate deacetylase (MoDac) and GlcN-6-phosphate deaminase (MoDeam) are encoded in a genomic cluster in M. oryzae and several phytopathogenic fungi. However, transcriptional regulation of GlcNAc catabolic pathway was not understood. We identified a conserved Ndt80/PhoG-like transcriptional regulator as a part of the GlcNAc catabolic gene cluster in M. oryzae and other fungi. We found that MoNdt80 is essential for GlcNAc utilization and pathogenicity of M. oryzae. Unlike WT, ΔMoNdt80 failed to induce transcription of GlcNAc catabolic pathway genes in response to GlcNAc. MoNdt80 could bind to a specific cis-acting consensus sequence GNCRCAAA[AT], present in the promoter of MoDac, MoDeam and β-hexosaminidase (MoHex). Further, comparative RNA-sequencing analysis using WT and ΔMoNdt80 revealed a large set of GlcNAc responsive genes that are under the transcriptional control of MoNdt80. These genes encoded GlcNAc catabolic enzymes, transporters and cell wall degrading enzymes which are required for hyphal growth expansion during host colonization. Overall, these results suggest MoNdt80 mediated transcriptional regulation of GlcNAc catabolic pathway is essential for successful host colonization and pathogenesis.