Metabolomics as an emerging tool for the study of plant–pathogen interactions

FR Castro-Moretti, IN Gentzel, D Mackey, AP Alonso - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants defend themselves from most microbial attacks via mechanisms including cell wall
fortification, production of antimicrobial compounds, and generation of reactive oxygen …

The emergence of 2-oxoglutarate as a master regulator metabolite

LF Huergo, R Dixon - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The metabolite 2-oxoglutarate (also known as α-ketoglutarate, 2-ketoglutaric acid, or
oxoglutaric acid) lies at the intersection between the carbon and nitrogen metabolic …

Genomic Analysis of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Provides Insight into the Origins of an Emergent Plant Disease

HC McCann, EHA Rikkerink, F Bertels, M Fiers… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The origins of crop diseases are linked to domestication of plants. Most crops were
domesticated centuries–even millennia–ago, thus limiting opportunity to understand the …

Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions

V Gorshkov, I Tsers - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant susceptibility to pathogens is usually considered from the perspective of the loss of
resistance. However, susceptibility cannot be equated with plant passivity since active host …

Plant and pathogen nutrient acquisition strategies

U Fatima, M Senthil-Kumar - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nutrients are indispensable elements required for the growth of all living organisms
including plants and pathogens. Phyllosphere, rhizosphere, apoplast, phloem, xylem, and …

Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens

C Roussin-Léveillée, D Mackey, G Ekanayake… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The plant extracellular space, referred to as the apoplast, is inhabited by a variety of
microorganisms. Reflecting the crucial nature of this compartment, both plants and …

TALE‐carrying bacterial pathogens trap host nuclear import receptors for facilitation of infection of rice

S Hui, Y Shi, J Tian, L Wang, Y Li… - Molecular plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many plant‐pathogenic Xanthomonas rely on the secretion of virulence transcription
activator‐like effector (TALE) proteins into plant cells to activate plant susceptibility genes to …

Comparative genomics and pathogenicity potential of members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex on Prunus spp

M Ruinelli, J Blom, THM Smits, JF Pothier - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Diseases on Prunus spp. have been associated with a large number of
phylogenetically different pathovars and species within the P. syringae species complex …

A method for quantitation of apoplast hydration in Arabidopsis leaves reveals water-soaking activity of effectors of Pseudomonas syringae during biotrophy

G Ekanayake, R Gohmann, D Mackey - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The plant apoplast has a crucial role in photosynthesis and respiration due to its vital
function in gas exchange and transpiration. The apoplast is also a dynamic environment that …

Molecular mechanisms of xylose utilization by Pseudomonas fluorescens: overlapping genetic responses to xylose, xylulose, ribose and mannitol

Y Liu, PB Rainey, XX Zhang - Molecular microbiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial degradation of xylose is sequentially mediated by two enzymes–an isomerase
(XutA) and a xylulokinase (XutB)–with xylulose as an intermediate. P seudomonas …