Symbiotic use of pathogenic strategies: rhizobial protein secretion systems

WJ Deakin, WJ Broughton - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Rhizobia—a diverse group of soil bacteria—induce the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules
on the roots of legumes. Nodulation begins when the roots initiate a molecular dialogue with …

Cleavage of Arabidopsis PBS1 by a Bacterial Type III Effector

F Shao, C Golstein, J Ade, M Stoutemyer, JE Dixon… - Science, 2003 - science.org
Plant disease-resistance (R) proteins are thought to function as receptors for ligands
produced directly or indirectly by pathogen avirulence (Avr) proteins. The biochemical …

The targeting of plant cellular systems by injected type III effector proteins

JD Lewis, DS Guttman, D Desveaux - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The battle between phytopathogenic bacteria and their plant hosts has revealed a diverse
suite of strategies and mechanisms employed by the pathogen or the host to gain the higher …

Identification and classification of papain-like cysteine proteinases

F Ozhelvaci, K Steczkiewicz - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Papain-like cysteine peptidases form a big and highly diverse superfamily of proteins
involved in many important biological functions, such as protein turnover, deubiquitination …

Rhizobia utilize pathogen‐like effector proteins during symbiosis

K Kambara, S Ardissone, H Kobayashi… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A type III protein secretion system (T3SS) is an important host range determinant for the
infection of legumes by Rhizobium sp. NGR234. Although a functional T3SS can have either …

Symbiosis-Promoting and Deleterious Effects of NopT, a Novel Type 3 Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234

WJ Dai, Y Zeng, ZP **e, C Staehelin - Journal of Bacteriology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Establishment of symbiosis between certain host plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria
(“rhizobia”) depends on type 3 effector proteins secreted via the bacterial type 3 secretion …

The crystal structure of Pseudomonas avirulence protein AvrPphB: A papain-like fold with a distinct substrate-binding site

M Zhu, F Shao, RW Innes… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
AvrPphB is an avirulence (Avr) protein from the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae that
can trigger a disease-resistance response in a number of host plants including Arabidopsis …

The HopZ Family of Pseudomonas syringae Type III Effectors Require Myristoylation for Virulence and Avirulence Functions in Arabidopsis thaliana

JD Lewis, W Abada, W Ma, DS Guttman… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas syringae utilizes the type III secretion system to translocate effector proteins
into plant cells, where they can contribute to the pathogen's ability to infect and cause …

A family of bacterial cysteine protease type III effectors utilizes acylation-dependent and-independent strategies to localize to plasma membranes

RH Dowen, JL Engel, F Shao, JR Ecker… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Bacterial phytopathogens employ a type III secretion system to deliver effector proteins into
the plant cell to suppress defense pathways; however, the molecular mechanisms and …

Cellular reactions in Arabidopsis following challenge by strains of Pseudomonas syringae: from basal resistance to compatibility

S Soylu, I Brown, JW Mansfield - Physiological and molecular plant …, 2005 - Elsevier
Reactions to strains of the bean halo-blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv.
phaseolicola (Pph) strain 1448A and the Arabidopsis and tomato pathogen Ps pv. tomato …