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Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector

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  • Armin Djamei

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

  • Kerstin Schipper

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10
    Zentrum Synthetische Mikrobiologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
    Present addresses: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Gebäude 26.12, Ebene 01, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany (K.S.); Proteome Center Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (B.M.).)

  • Franziska Rabe

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

  • Anupama Ghosh

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

  • Volker Vincon

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

  • Jörg Kahnt

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

  • Sonia Osorio

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1)

  • Takayuki Tohge

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1)

  • Alisdair R. Fernie

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1)

  • Ivo Feussner

    (Georg-August-University, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 11)

  • Kirstin Feussner

    (Georg-August-University, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Grisebachstraße 8)

  • Peter Meinicke

    (Georg-August-University, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Grisebachstraße 8)

  • York-Dieter Stierhof

    (Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 5)

  • Heinz Schwarz

    (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstraße 35)

  • Boris Macek

    (Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18
    Present addresses: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Gebäude 26.12, Ebene 01, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany (K.S.); Proteome Center Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (B.M.).)

  • Matthias Mann

    (Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18)

  • Regine Kahmann

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10)

Abstract

How maize smut fungus softens up its host The fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis, known as maize (corn) smut, induces plant tumours through the action of effectors that are translocated into the plant tissue. One of these effectors is now shown to be a chorismate mutase, Cmu1. The enzyme is taken up by the host plant cells where it lowers salicylic acid levels, priming them for a successful infection. Inactivation of Cmu1 abolishes virulence, suggesting an interesting new target for disease intervention. Many plant pathogens encode secreted chorismate mutases, indicating a widely used mechanism.

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  • Armin Djamei & Kerstin Schipper & Franziska Rabe & Anupama Ghosh & Volker Vincon & Jörg Kahnt & Sonia Osorio & Takayuki Tohge & Alisdair R. Fernie & Ivo Feussner & Kirstin Feussner & Peter Meinicke & , 2011. "Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector," Nature, Nature, vol. 478(7369), pages 395-398, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:478:y:2011:i:7369:d:10.1038_nature10454
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10454
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    1. Weiliang Zuo & Jasper R. L. Depotter & Sara Christina Stolze & Hirofumi Nakagami & Gunther Doehlemann, 2023. "A transcriptional activator effector of Ustilago maydis regulates hyperplasia in maize during pathogen-induced tumor formation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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