Hot and SUMOylated: Heat-induced SUMOylation controls effectors in plant cells
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. examine heat-induced SUMOylation of bacteria effectors in Arabidopsis. (Plant Cell. 2024)
By Wenliang Li and Jianbin Lai (South China Normal University)
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae049
Background: Bacterial pathogens deliver effectors into plant cells to interfere with host…
Effectors breaking down the lignin fortress
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSingh et al. reveal how the effector ArPEC25 renders chickpea susceptible to a necrotrophic pathogen by targeting the transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulating the accumulation of lignin.
Shreenivas Kumar Singh, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma
Background: Adapted pathogens exploit…
An oomycete peptide cytolysin forms transient small pores in lipid membranes (Sci. Adv.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyNLPs (Necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide 1–like proteins) are small peptides produced by a variety of plant pathogens. Some NLPs are cytolysins meaning that they trigger lysis of their target cells. Here, Pirc et al. use an assortment of tools including molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, neutron…