Molecular intimacy between proteins specifying plant-pathogen recognition.
Disease resistance in plants is commonly specified by genetically paired plant resistance (R) and pathogen avirulence (Avr) proteins. Recent molecular analyses of several R-Avr protein interactions provide compelling evidence for a receptor-ligand mechanism in which specific binding of the Avr elicitor by its matching R protein leads to activation of the plant defence response. Direct R-Avr protein recognition precedes the function of an expanding battery of plant resistance signalling components.
Parker
J E
JE
Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, UK. parkerj@bbsrc.ac.uk
Coleman
M J
MJ
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*; D010935:Plant Diseases; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins