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This study identifies the VdOMO protein as a putative SidA-family L-ornithine N5-monooxygenase through phylogenetic and pairwise sequence analyses. Analyses of independent deletion mutants and a complemented strain showed that\n                    <jats:italic>VdOMO<\/jats:italic>\n                    contributes to conidial morphology and production, microsclerotium formation, and melanization, growth on selected carbon sources, cell wall integrity, and adaptation to alkaline, salt, and oxidative stresses. Although final visible disease symptoms were comparable among inoculated groups,\n                    <jats:italic>\u0394VdOMO<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutants exhibited reduced vascular browning, diminished fungal biomass accumulation at early infection stages, and impaired cellophane penetration. A representative\n                    <jats:italic>\u0394VdOMO<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutant also displayed decreased biomass-normalized extracellular chrome azurol S (CAS)-reactive iron-chelating activity and intracellular iron accumulation, both of which were restored to wild-type levels upon complementation. Furthermore,\n                    <jats:italic>VdOMO<\/jats:italic>\n                    deletion was linked to iron-condition-dependent alterations in the expression of genes involved in iron regulation, siderophore biosynthesis, and siderophore transport. Collectively, these findings underscore a significant role for\n                    <jats:italic>VdOMO<\/jats:italic>\n                    in siderophore-associated iron acquisition, fungal development, stress adaptation, and the early stages of host colonization in\n                    <jats:italic>V. dahliae<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2026.1905175","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,19]],"date-time":"2026-08-19T05:47:31Z","timestamp":1787118451000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["VdOMO contributes to development, stress adaptation, siderophore-associated iron acquisition, and early host colonization in Verticillium dahliae"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yusha","family":"Du","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lixinyu","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Science, Chongqing Normal University","place":["Chongqing, China"]},{"name":"Minxian No. 2 Middle School of Gansu Province, Min County","place":["Gansu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kangwei","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiatong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Jian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Science, Chongqing Normal University","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Niqi","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Dazu\u2019s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingyong","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"381","DOI":"10.1007\/s13205-017-1008-y","article-title":"Modified microplate method for rapid and efficient estimation of siderophore produced by bacteria","volume":"7","author":"Arora","year":"2017","journal-title":"3 Biotech."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"787","DOI":"10.1139\/m76-115","article-title":"Use of mutants to establish (+)-scytalone as an intermediate in melanin biosynthesis by Verticillium dahliae","volume":"22","author":"Bell","year":"1976","journal-title":"Can. 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