MaNCP1, a novel zinc finger protein, governs the conidiation pattern shift through affecting the reductive pathway for nitric oxide synthesis via directly regulating the MaNmrA gene in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum

Asexual sporulation is the most common reproduction mode of fungi. Most filamentous fungi have two conidiation patterns, Normal Conidiation and Microcycle Conidiation, which could be regulated by nutritional conditions. Here, we report a novel C2H2 zinc finger protein MaNCP1, which had typical transcription factor characteristics, and was screened from the subtractive library regulated by nitrate in Metarhizium acridum