AvrSr27 is a zinc-bound effector with a modular structure important for immune recognition

MA Outram, J Chen, S Broderick, Z Li, S Aditya… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Stem rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a major threat
for wheat production and global food security. Central to the success of Pgt is the secretion …

AvrSr27 is a zinc‐bound effector with a modular structure important for immune recognition

MA Outram, J Chen, S Broderick, Z Li, S Aditya… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Effector proteins are central to the success of plant pathogens, while immunity in host plants
is driven by receptor‐mediated recognition of these effectors. Understanding the molecular …

Dissection of cell death induction by wheat stem rust resistance protein Sr35 and its matching effector AvrSr35

S Bolus, E Akhunov, G Coaker… - Molecular plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) are the most abundant type of
immune receptors in plants and can trigger a rapid cell-death (hypersensitive) response …

[HTML][HTML] Genome analyses of the wheat yellow (stripe) rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. triticireveal polymorphic and haustorial expressed secreted proteins as …

D Cantu, V Segovia, D MacLean, R Bayles, X Chen… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Wheat yellow (stripe) rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (PST) is one
of the most devastating diseases of wheat worldwide. To design effective breeding …

[HTML][HTML] Effector proteins of rust fungi

B Petre, DL Joly, S Duplessis - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Rust fungi include many species that are devastating crop pathogens. To develop resistant
plants, a better understanding of rust virulence factors, or effector proteins, is needed. Thus …

The stem rust effector protein AvrSr50 escapes Sr50 recognition by a substitution in a single surface‐exposed residue

D Ortiz, J Chen, MA Outram, IML Saur… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogen effectors are crucial players during plant colonisation and infection. Plant
resistance mostly relies on effector recognition to activate defence responses …

Genomics accelerated isolation of a new stem rust avirulence gene–wheat resistance gene pair

NM Upadhyaya, R Mago, V Panwar, T Hewitt, M Luo… - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
Stem rust caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a devastating disease
of the global staple crop wheat. Although this disease was largely controlled in the latter half …

In planta expression screens of candidate effector proteins from the wheat yellow rust fungus reveal processing bodies as a pathogen-targeted plant cell compartment

B Petre, DGO Saunders, J Sklenar, C Lorrain… - BioRxiv, 2015 - biorxiv.org
Rust fungal pathogens of wheat (Triticum spp.) affect crop yields worldwide. The molecular
mechanisms underlying the virulence of these pathogens remain elusive, due to the limited …

[HTML][HTML] Changing the Game: Using Integrative Genomics to Probe Virulence Mechanisms of the Stem Rust Pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici

M Figueroa, NM Upadhyaya, J Sperschneider… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The recent resurgence of wheat stem rust caused by new virulent races of Puccinia graminis
f. sp. tritici (Pgt) poses a threat to food security. These concerns have catalyzed an extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the crosstalk mechanisms of wheat-stem rust Pathosystem: Genome-scale prediction unravels novel host targets

R Kataria, R Kaundal - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Triticum aestivum (wheat), a major staple food grain, is affected by various biotic stresses.
Among these, fungal diseases cause about 15–20% of yield loss, worldwide. In this study …