Abstract:
The present invention relates to the provision of a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase as targets for fungicides, the provision of novel nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase, the provision of functional equivalents of the aforementioned nucleic acid sequences, and use of a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase encoded by a nucleic acid sequence in a method for identifying antifungal compounds. Furthermore, the invention relates to antifungal compounds identified by the abovementioned method and the use of these compounds as fungicides.
Abstract:
Nucleic acid sequence, encoding a MAP kinase, (I) comprises (a) sequences (S1) or (S2), of 556 and 490 nucleotides, reproduced; (b) a functional equivalent of (a); (c) a fragment of (a); or (d) a sequence that contains part of (a). Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) Expression cassette (EC) that contains (I); (2) Vector (III) that contains EC; (3) Transgenic organism that contains at least one (I), EC or (III); (4) Identifying (M4) fungicidal compounds from their ability to reduce, inhibit or block transcription, expression, translation or activity of the products of (I); and (5) Fungicides identified by (M4).