Sticking to it: phytopathogen effector molecules may converge on evolutionarily conserved host targets in green plants.
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Publication Date
2018-08Journal Title
Curr Opin Plant Biol
ISSN
1369-5266
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
44
Pages
175-180
Language
eng
Type
Article
Physical Medium
Print-Electronic
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Carella, P., Evangelisti, E., & Schornack, S. (2018). Sticking to it: phytopathogen effector molecules may converge on evolutionarily conserved host targets in green plants.. Curr Opin Plant Biol, 44 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2018.04.019
Abstract
Plant-associated microbes secrete effector proteins that subvert host cellular machinery to facilitate the colonization of plant tissues and cells. Accumulating data suggests that independently evolved effectors from bacterial, fungal, and oomycete pathogens may converge on a similar set of host proteins in certain angiosperm models, however, whether this concept is relevant throughout the green plant lineage is unknown. Here, we explore the idea that pathogen effector molecules target host proteins present across evolutionarily distant land plant lineages to promote disease. We discuss that host proteins targeted by phytopathogens or integrated into angiosperm immune receptors are likely found across green plant genomes, from early diverging non-vascular lineages (bryophytes) to flowering plants (angiosperms). This would suggest that independently evolved pathogens might manipulate their hosts by targeting ‘vulnerability’ hubs that are present across land plants. Future work focusing on accessible early divergent land plant model systems may therefore provide an insightful evolutionary backdrop for effector-target research.
Keywords
Plants, Plant Immunity, Viridiplantae
Sponsorship
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/L014130/1)
The Royal Society (uf110073)
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (unknown)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/N00941X/1)
Royal Society (RGF/EA/180002)
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GAT3395/GLD)
Royal Society (UF160413)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2018.04.019
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280475
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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