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Deubiquitinase removes ubiquitin molecules from their binding substrates and participates in a variety of physiological activities in eukaryotes. Based on the transcriptome sequencing data of two isolates (<jats:italic>Ss16<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Ss47<\/jats:italic>) of <jats:italic>S. scitamineum<\/jats:italic> with different pathogenicities, <jats:italic>SsCI33130<\/jats:italic>, a gene encoding an OTU1-deubiquitin enzyme, was identified. The positive knockout mutants and complementary mutants of the <jats:italic>SsCI33130<\/jats:italic> gene were successfully obtained through polyethylene glycol-mediated protoplast transformation technology. In order to study the possible function of this gene in pathogenicity, phenotypic comparison of the growth, morphology, abiotic stress, sexual mating, pathogenicity, and gene expression levels of the knockout mutants, complementary mutants, and their wild type strains were conducted. The results demonstrated that the gene had almost no effect on abiotic stress, cell wall integrity, growth, and morphology, but was related to the sexual mating and pathogenicity of <jats:italic>S. scitamineum<\/jats:italic>. The sexual mating ability and pathogenicity between the knockout mutants or between the knockout mutant and wild type were more significantly reduced than between the wild types, the complementary mutants, or the wild types and complementary mutants. The sexual mating between the knockout mutants or between the knockout mutant and wild type could be restored by the exogenous addition of small-molecule signaling substances such as 5 mM cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) or 0.02 mM tryptophol. In addition, during sexual mating, the expression levels of tryptophol and cAMP synthesis-related genes in the knockout mutant combinations were significantly lower than those in the wild type combinations, while the expression levels in the complementary mutant combinations were restored to the level of the wild type. It is speculated that the <jats:italic>SsCI33130<\/jats:italic> gene may be involved in the development of sexual mating and pathogenicity in <jats:italic>S. scitamineum<\/jats:italic> by regulating the synthesis of the small-molecule signaling substances (cAMP or tryptophol) required during the sexual mating of <jats:italic>S. scitamineum<\/jats:italic>, thereby providing a molecular basis for the study of the pathogenic mechanisms of <jats:italic>S. scitamineum<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2021.746550","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,5]],"date-time":"2021-10-05T13:31:01Z","timestamp":1633440661000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Ovarian Tumor Domain-Containing Proteases-Deubiquitylation Enzyme Gene SsCI33130 Involved in the Regulation of Mating\/Filamentation and Pathogenicity in Sporisorium scitamineum"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Huizhong","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yichang","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Quanqing","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Han","family":"Bao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianwen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wankuan","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1189","DOI":"10.1094\/PD-80-1189","article-title":"PCR amplification from a homolog of the bE mating-type gene as a sensitive assay for the presence of Ustilago scitaminea DNA.","volume":"80","author":"Albert","year":"1996","journal-title":"Plant Dis."},{"key":"B2","first-page":"603","article-title":"Sexuality in Ustilago Scitaminea syd.","volume":"35","author":"Alexander","year":"1966","journal-title":"Curr. 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