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The Role Of Type Iii Effectors From Xanthomonas Axonopodis Pv. Manihotis In Virulence And Suppression Of Plant Immunity, Cesar Augusto Medina, Paola Andrea Reyes, Cesar Augusto Trujillo, Juan Luis Gonzalez, David Alejandro Bejarano, Nathaly Andrea Montenegro, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Anna Joe, Silvia Restrepo, James R. Alfano, Adriana Bernal Jan 2018

The Role Of Type Iii Effectors From Xanthomonas Axonopodis Pv. Manihotis In Virulence And Suppression Of Plant Immunity, Cesar Augusto Medina, Paola Andrea Reyes, Cesar Augusto Trujillo, Juan Luis Gonzalez, David Alejandro Bejarano, Nathaly Andrea Montenegro, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Anna Joe, Silvia Restrepo, James R. Alfano, Adriana Bernal

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty and Staff Publications

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam) causes cassava bacterial blight, the most important bacterial disease of cassava. Xam, like other Xanthomonas species, requires type III effectors (T3Es) for maximal virulence. Xam strain CIO151 possesses 17 predicted T3Es belonging to the Xanthomonas outer protein (Xop) class. This work aimed to characterize nine Xop effectors present in Xam CIO151 for their role in virulence and modulation of plant immunity. Our findings demonstrate the importance of XopZ, XopX, XopAO1 and AvrBs2 for full virulence, as well as a redundant function in virulence between XopN and XopQ in susceptible cassava plants. We tested their role …


Pseudomonas Syringae Type Iii Effectors: Targets And Roles In Plant Immunity, Tania Y. Toruño Dec 2014

Pseudomonas Syringae Type Iii Effectors: Targets And Roles In Plant Immunity, Tania Y. Toruño

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Pseudomonas syringae is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that infects many crops. A central virulence strategy P. syringae uses to successfully infect plants is the injection of type III effector proteins (T3Es) into plant cells through a type IIII protein secretion system (T3SS). The T3SS is a molecular syringe found in many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens of plants and animals that transport T3Es from the bacterial cytosol into eukaryotic cells. T3Es disrupt host processes in the plant immune system required to restrict pathogen ingress. The plant innate immune system is divided in two branches, pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered …


Activation Of A Coi1-Dependent Pathway In Arabidopsis By Pseudomonas Syringae Type Iii Effectors And Coronatine, Ping He, Satya Chintamanani, Zhongying Chen, Lihuang Zhu, Barbara N. Kunkel, James R. Alfano, Xiaoyan Tang, Jian-Min Zhou Nov 2003

Activation Of A Coi1-Dependent Pathway In Arabidopsis By Pseudomonas Syringae Type Iii Effectors And Coronatine, Ping He, Satya Chintamanani, Zhongying Chen, Lihuang Zhu, Barbara N. Kunkel, James R. Alfano, Xiaoyan Tang, Jian-Min Zhou

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Gram-negative bacteria use a variety of virulence factors including phytotoxins, exopolysaccharides, effectors secreted by the type III secretion system, and cell-wall-degrading enzymes to promote parasitism in plants. However, little is known about how these virulence factors alter plant celluar responses to promote disease. In this study, we show that virulent Pseudomonas syringae strains activate the transcription of an Arabidopsis ethylene response factor (ERF) gene, RAP2.6, in a coronatine insensitive 1 (COI1)-dependent manner. A highly sensitive RAP2.6 promoter-firely luciferase (RAP2.6-LUC) reporter line was developed to monitor activities of various bacterial virulence genes. Analyses of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 mutants indicated …