Plant immunity: AvrPto targets the frontline

Curr Biol. 2008 Mar 11;18(5):R218-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.016.

Abstract

Bacterial pathogens must suppress host defences to cause disease. New research shows that the Pseudomonas effector protein AvrPto does so by directly targeting plant transmembrane receptor kinases involved in bacterial perception.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / immunology*
  • Plant Diseases / immunology
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology
  • Plants / immunology*
  • Plants / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas syringae / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Pattern Recognition / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Receptors, Pattern Recognition
  • avrPto protein, Pseudomonas syringae