Plant-Pathogen Maneuvering over Apoplastic Sugars

Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Sep;22(9):740-743. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.07.001. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

Abstract

The nutrient-rich extracellular plant compartment, the apoplast, is an attractive niche for attacks by microbial pathogens. Here, we highlight recent trends in plant-pathogen competition for apoplastic sugars in the context of innate immune responses in various plant-pathogen interaction systems.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Metabolism*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions* / physiology
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Plant Diseases*
  • Plants / enzymology
  • Plants / metabolism

Substances

  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins