TABLE 1.

MAT genes described from the Pezizomycotina

Gene	Representative taxa	Representative protein NCBI accession no.	Conserved protein domain	Reference(s)
Primary MAT genes
MAT1-1-1	Neurospora crassa	ESA43845	PF04769–MATα1 HMG-box	74, 202
MAT1-2-1	Neurospora crassa	AAA33598	PF00505–HMG box	55, 75
Secondary MAT genes
MAT1-1-2	Neurospora crassa	EAA35087	PF17043–MAT1-1-2 domain of unknown function	203
MAT1-1-3	Neurospora crassa	EAA35088	PF00505–HMG box	204
MAT1-1-4	Pyrenopeziza brassicae	CAA06845	None	204
MAT1-1-5	Botrytis cinerea	AHX22633	None	205
MAT1-1-6	Pseudogymnoascus destructans	AIG95729	None	206
MAT1-1-7	Coccidioides immitis	ABS19617	None	67
MAT1-1-8	Diplodia sapinea	AHA91691	None	207
MAT1-1-9a
MAT1-1-10	Morchella importuna	MG681026	None	68
MAT1-1-11	Morchella importuna	MG681027	None	68
MAT1-1-12	Teratosphaeria zuluensis	QEJ80698	None	69
MAT1-2-2	Neurospora crassa	-b	None	85, 208
MAT1-2-3	Coccidioides immitis	KMP00264	PF11051–mannosyl trans3	67
MAT1-2-4	Aspergillus fumigatus	XP_754990	None	63
MAT1-2-5	Diplodia sapinea	AHA91682	None	207
MAT1-2-6	Magnaporthe grisea	BAE66607	PF00505–HMG box	209
MAT1-2-7	Huntiella omanensis	AOY41711	None	71
MAT1-2-8	Villosiclava virens	AKE48512	None	210
MAT1-2-9	Fusarium fujikuroi	AEP03799	None	211
MAT1-2-10	Botrytis cinerea	CDF43998	None	205
MAT1-2-11	Pseudogymnoascus destructans	AIG95713	None	206
MAT1-2-12	Teratosphaeria zuluensis	QEJ80704	None	69
MAT1-2-13	Calonectria pauciramosa	QKY89075	None	70
MAT1-2-14	Letharia columbiana	QEL51134	None	81
MAT1-2-15	Colletotrichum fructicola	XM_032032861	None	80

^aA recent paper synonymized MAT1-1-7 and MAT1-1-9, leaving the MAT1-1-9 gene name vacant (81). See the text for more details.

^bThe N. crassa MAT1-2-2 gene was predicted, but never annotated in the GenBank database. See reference 56 for detail.