Stabbing in the BAK--an original target for avirulence genes of plant pathogens

Cell Host Microbe. 2008 Jul 17;4(1):5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.06.003.

Abstract

Paradoxically, plant pathogens possess avirulence genes that render them avirulent in resistant hosts. In Cell Host & Microbe, Shan et al. (2008) show that the original role of the Pseudomonas syringae avirulence genes AvrPto and AvrPtoB is to target BAK1, a protein kinase important in hormone and innate immunity signaling.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Plant Diseases / immunology*
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology
  • Plants / immunology*
  • Plants / microbiology
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Pseudomonas syringae / pathogenicity*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics
  • Virulence Factors / metabolism*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Virulence Factors
  • avrPto protein, Pseudomonas syringae
  • BAK1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases