The endosome as an effector target to mediate plant immunity?

Aisling Reilly, Angela Feechan*

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Abstract

Membrane trafficking is key for different aspects of plant immunity such as the formation of papillae and haustorial encasements. These block ingress or slow the development of filamentous pathogens respectively, while the hypersensitive response (HR) is a localized cell death to halt the spread of such pathogens. Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) activate Rab GTPases which regulate membrane trafficking. Now, Liao et al. (2023) have found that the GEF Monensin Sensitivity 1 (MON1) is required for components of plant immunity including haustorial encasement formation and the HR. MON1 interacts with the Blumeria hordei-secreted effector CSEP0162. Therefore, MON1 is a likely target for the effector CSEP0162 to promote Bh infection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12-15
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Experimental Botany
Volume74
Issue number1
Early online date19 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2023

Keywords

  • Disease Resistance
  • Effector
  • Endosomes
  • GEF
  • MVB
  • Plant Diseases
  • Plant Immunity
  • encasement
  • hypersensitive response
  • powdery mildew

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