Pathogenesis mechanisms of phytopathogen effectors

Lifan Sun; Xiaoyun Wu; Jian Diao; Jie Zhang

doi:10.1002/wsbm.1592

Pathogenesis mechanisms of phytopathogen effectors

WIREs Mech Dis. 2023 Mar;15(2):e1592. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.1592. Epub 2023 Jan 2.

Authors

Lifan Sun^{1

2}, Xiaoyun Wu^{1

2}, Jian Diao³, Jie Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
² CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Northeast Forestry University, College of Forestry, Harbin, China.

PMID: 36593734
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1592

Abstract

Plants commonly face the threat of invasion by a wide variety of pathogens and have developed sophisticated immune mechanisms to defend against infectious diseases. However, successful pathogens have evolved diverse mechanisms to overcome host immunity and cause diseases. Different cell structures and unique cellular organelles carried by plant cells endow plant-specific defense mechanisms, in addition to the common framework of innate immune system shared by both plants and animals. Effectors serve as crucial virulence weapons employed by phytopathogens to disarm the plant immune system and promote infection. Here we summarized the many diverse strategies by which phytopathogen effectors overcome plant defense and prospected future perspectives. This article is categorized under: Infectious Diseases > Molecular and Cellular Physiology.

Keywords: effector; pathogenesis; phytopathogen.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases*
Plant Diseases*
Plant Immunity
Plants
Virulence