Plant glycosides and glycosidases: a treasure-trove for therapeutics

K Kytidou, M Artola, HS Overkleeft… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Plants contain numerous glycoconjugates that are metabolized by specific
glucosyltransferases and hydrolyzed by specific glycosidases, some also catalyzing …

Cysteine and cysteine-related signaling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

LC Romero, MÁ Aroca, AM Laureano-Marín, I Moreno… - Molecular plant, 2014‏ - cell.com
Cysteine occupies a central position in plant metabolism because it is a reduced sulfur
donor molecule involved in the synthesis of essential biomolecules and defense …

Planthopper salivary sheath protein LsSP1 contributes to manipulation of rice plant defenses

HJ Huang, YZ Wang, LL Li, HB Lu, JB Lu… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Salivary elicitors secreted by herbivorous insects can be perceived by host plants to trigger
plant immunity. However, how insects secrete other salivary components to subsequently …

XCP1 cleaves Pathogenesis-related protein 1 into CAPE9 for systemic immunity in Arabidopsis

YL Chen, FW Lin, KT Cheng, CH Chang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Proteolytic activation of cytokines regulates immunity in diverse organisms. In animals,
cysteine-dependent aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play central roles in cytokine …

An effector from the Huanglongbing-associated pathogen targets citrus proteases

K Clark, JY Franco, S Schwizer, Z Pang… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
The citrus industry is facing an unprecedented challenge from Huanglongbing (HLB). All
cultivars can be affected by the HLB-associated bacterium 'Candidatus Liberibacter …

Signaling by hydrogen sulfide and cyanide through post-translational modification

C Gotor, I García, Á Aroca… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Two cysteine metabolism-related molecules, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide, which
are considered toxic, have now been considered as signaling molecules. Hydrogen sulfide …

Papain‐like cysteine proteases as hubs in plant immunity

JC Misas‐Villamil, RAL van der Hoorn… - New …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plants deploy a sophisticated immune system to cope with different microbial pathogens and
other invaders. Recent research provides an increasing body of evidence for papain‐like …

The Cysteine Protease CEP1, a Key Executor Involved in Tapetal Programmed Cell Death, Regulates Pollen Development in Arabidopsis

D Zhang, D Liu, X Lv, Y Wang, Z Xun, Z Liu, F Li… - The Plant …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Tapetal programmed cell death (PCD) is a prerequisite for pollen grain development in
angiosperms, and cysteine proteases are the most ubiquitous hydrolases involved in plant …

Role of papain-like cysteine proteases in plant development

H Liu, M Hu, Q Wang, L Cheng, Z Zhang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCP) are prominent peptidases found in most living
organisms. In plants, PLCPs was divided into nine subgroups based on functional and …

Effector specialization in a lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen

S Dong, R Stam, LM Cano, J Song, J Sklenar… - Science, 2014‏ - science.org
Accelerated gene evolution is a hallmark of pathogen adaptation following a host jump.
Here, we describe the biochemical basis of adaptation and specialization of a plant …