Virus-like Immune Defense Protein in Mushrooms

Gabriele Cordara; Kaare Bjerregaard-Andersen; Ute Krengel

doi:10.1016/j.str.2018.02.013

Virus-like Immune Defense Protein in Mushrooms

Structure. 2018 Mar 6;26(3):369-371. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2018.02.013.

Authors

Gabriele Cordara¹, Kaare Bjerregaard-Andersen², Ute Krengel³

Affiliations

¹ Biocenter Oulu and Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: ute.krengel@kjemi.uio.no.

PMID: 29514076
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.02.013

Abstract

Fungi and plants do not have an adaptive immune system. Innate immunity serves as their sole defense, often based on carbohydrate recognition by lectins. In a twist of nature, as revealed by Sommer et al. (2018) in this issue of Structure, a conserved fungal immunoprotein adopts the shape of a miniature virus.

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Agaricales*
Immunity, Innate
Lectins
Polysaccharides

Substances

Lectins
Polysaccharides