[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrPtoB is phosphorylated in plant cells on serine 258, promoting its virulence activity

F Xiao, P Giavalisco, GB Martin - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007 - ASBMB
The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato protein AvrPtoB is translocated into plant cells via
the bacterial type III secretion system. In resistant tomato leaves, AvrPtoB acts as an …

The N‐terminal region of Pseudomonas type III effector AvrPtoB elicits Pto‐dependent immunity and has two distinct virulence determinants

F Xiao, P He, RB Abramovitch, JE Dawson… - The Plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Resistance to bacterial speck disease in tomato is activated by the physical interaction of the
host Pto kinase with either of the sequence‐dissimilar type III effector proteins AvrPto or …

Pto- and Prf-Mediated Recognition of AvrPto and AvrPtoB Restricts the Ability of Diverse Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars to Infect Tomato

NC Lin, GB Martin - Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 2007 - Am Phytopath Society
The molecular basis underlying the ability of pathogens to infect certain plant species and
not others is largely unknown. Pseudomonas syringae is a useful model species for …

An avrPto/avrPtoB Mutant of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Does Not Elicit Pto-Mediated Resistance and Is Less Virulent on Tomato

NC Lin, GB Martin - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2005 - Am Phytopath Society
AvrPto and AvrPtoB are type III effector proteins expressed by Pseudomonas syringae pv.
tomato strain DC3000, a pathogen of both tomato and Arabidopsis spp. Each effector …

Crystal Structure of the Complex between Pseudomonas Effector AvrPtoB and the Tomato Pto Kinase Reveals Both a Shared and a Unique Interface Compared with …

J Dong, F Xiao, F Fan, L Gu, H Cang, GB Martin… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Resistance to bacterial speck disease in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is activated upon
recognition by the host Pto kinase of either one of two sequence-unrelated effector proteins …

Phosphorylation of the Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto is required for FLS2/BAK1‐independent virulence activity and recognition by tobacco

I Yeam, HP Nguyen, GB Martin - The Plant Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The type III effector protein AvrPto from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is secreted into
plant cells where it promotes bacterial growth and enhances symptoms of speck disease on …

Diverse AvrPtoB Homologs from Several Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars Elicit Pto-Dependent Resistance and Have Similar Virulence Activities

NC Lin, RB Abramovitch, YJ Kim… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
AvrPtoB is a type III effector protein from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato that physically
interacts with the tomato Pto kinase and, depending on the host genotype, either elicits or …

[HTML][HTML] Two distinct Pseudomonas effector proteins interact with the Pto kinase and activate plant immunity

YJ Kim, NC Lin, GB Martin - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
The Pto serine/threonine kinase of tomato confers resistance to speck disease by
recognizing strains of Pseudomonas syringae that express the protein AvrPto. Pto and …

Host-Mediated Phosphorylation of Type III Effector AvrPto Promotes Pseudomonas Virulence and Avirulence in Tomato

JC Anderson, PE Pascuzzi, F Xiao, G Sessa… - The Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The AvrPto protein from Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato is delivered into plant
cells by the bacterial type III secretion system, where it either promotes host susceptibility or …

Two virulence determinants of type III effector AvrPto are functionally conserved in diverse Pseudomonas syringae pathovars

HP Nguyen, I Yeam, A Angot, GB Martin - New phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato type III effector protein AvrPto has two functional
domains that contribute additively to its ability to promote pathogen virulence in susceptible …