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The entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris belongs to vegetable wasps and plant worms and is used as herbal medicine, but β-1,3-glucan biosynthesis has been poorly studied in C. militaris. The fungal FKS1 gene encodes an integral membrane protein that is the catalytic subunit of β-1,3-glucan synthase. Here, we isolated cDNA clones encoding a full-length open reading frame of C. militaris FKS1. Cordyceps militaris Fks1 protein is a 1981 amino acid protein that shows significant similarity with other fungal Fks proteins. This study is the first report of molecular cloning of the β-1,3-glucan synthase catalytic subunit gene from vegetable wasps and plant worms.
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Ujita, M., Katsuno, Y., Suzuki, K. et al. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the β-1,3-glucan synthase catalytic subunit gene from a medicinal fungus, Cordyceps militaris. Mycoscience 47, 98–105 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-005-0278-0
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