Title
Fungi.guru: Comparative genomic and transcriptomic resource for the fungi kingdom
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lim J.J.J.
Koh J.
Moo J.R.
Villanueva E.M.F.
Putri D.A.
Lim Y.S.
Seetoh W.S.
Mulupuri S.
Ng J.W.Z.
Nguyen N.L.U.
Reji R.
Foo H.
Zhao M.X.
Chan T.L.
Rodrigues E.E.
Kairon R.S.
Hee K.M.
Chee N.C.
Low A.D.
Chen Z.H.X.
Lim S.C.
Lunardi V.
Fong T.C.
Chua C.X.E.
Koh K.T.S.
Delli-Ponti R.
Ng J.W.X.
Mutwil M.
Nanyang Technological University
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The fungi kingdom is composed of eukaryotic heterotrophs, which are responsible for balancing the ecosystem and play a major role as decomposers. They also produce a vast diversity of secondary metabolites, which have antibiotic or pharmacological properties. However, our lack of knowledge of gene function in fungi precludes us from tailoring them to our needs and tapping into their metabolic diversity. To help remedy this, we gathered genomic and gene expression data of 19 most widely-researched fungi to build an online tool, fungi.guru, which contains tools for cross-species identification of conserved pathways, functional gene modules, and gene families. We exemplify how our tool can elucidate the molecular function, biological process and cellular component of genes involved in various biological processes, by identifying a secondary metabolite pathway producing gliotoxin in Aspergillus fumigatus, the catabolic pathway of cellulose in Coprinopsis cinerea and the conserved DNA replication pathway in Fusarium graminearum and Pyricularia oryzae. The tool is available at www.fungi.guru.
Start page
3788
End page
3795
Volume
18
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Micología Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097167960
Source
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
ISSN of the container
20010370
Sponsor(s)
We would like to thank Ryan Chee Khiang Ng for technical assistance. Nanyang Technological University Start-Up Grant. Funding for open access charge: Start-Up Grant. I.J is supported by Singaporean Ministry of Education grant MOE2018-T2-2-053. Nanyang Technological University Start-Up Grant. Funding for open access charge: Start-Up Grant. I.J is supported by Singaporean Ministry of Education grant MOE2018-T2-2-053.
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