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Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rudd, J. J. and Kanja, C. 2024. Exploring the function of two paralogous F. graminearum effectors reveals an alternative genetic pathway required for virulence on wheat spikes. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.65. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.1
Authors | Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rudd, J. J. and Kanja, C. |
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Abstract | IS-MPMI XIV Congress Abstract of Poster Presentations The fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is the causal agent of fusarium head blight, a destructive disease threatening global wheat production. We used an in silico bioinformatic discovery pipeline incorporating transcriptional analysis (RNA-seq and microarray), proteomics, taxonomic distribution and genomic location of ~ 300 candidate sequences. We identified a paralogous pair of candidate effectors FgSSP34 and FgSSP53 expressed during the early symptomless (latent) stage of wheat infection. The genes are adjacent and divergently orientated. Both effectors, and their orientation, are highly conserved within the Fg species complex and in other grass infecting fungi. Of the pair, FgSSP53 induces cell death in the non-host Nicotiana benthamiana, independent of the cell-surface co-receptors NbBAK1 and NbSOBIR1, whereas FgSSP34 fails to induce |
Year of Publication | 2024 |
Journal | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI |
Journal citation | 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.65 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.1 |
Open access | Published as bronze (free) open access |
Output status | Published |
Publisher | American Phytopathological Society (APS) |
ISSN | 0894-0282 |
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