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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wang, Nan
• Yin, Zhiyuan
• Duan, Weiwei
• Zhang, Xiong
• Pi, Lei
• Zhang, Yifan
• Dou, Daolong

Titel

sORF-Encoded Polypeptide SEP1 Is a Novel Virulence Factor of Phytophthora Pathogens

Ist Teil von

• Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 2021-02, Vol.34 (2), p.157-167

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Phytopathological Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Diseases caused by the notorious spp. result in enormous economic losses to crops and forests. Increasing evidence suggests that small open reading frame-encoded polypeptides (SEPs) participate in environmental responses of animals, plants, and fungi. However, it remains largely unknown whether pathogens produce SEPs. Here, we systematically predicted and identified 96 SEP candidates in Among them, three may induce stable cell death in . -specific and conserved SEP1 facilitated infection. PcSEP1-induced cell death is BAK1 and SOBIR1 independent and is correlated with its virulence function. Finally, PcSEP1 may be targeted to the apoplast for carrying out its functions, for which the C terminus is indispensable. Together, our results demonstrated that SEP1 is a new virulence factor, and previously unknown SEPs may act as effector proteins in pathogens.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.