title: Metabolism and detoxification of phytoalexins and analogs by phytopathogenic fungi.
abstract: To date, the many examples reporting that fungal pathogens can efficiently detoxify phytoalexins provide strong evidence that the pathogenicity and/or virulence of some fungi is linked to their ability to detoxify their hosts' phytoalexins. The pathways used by plant pathogenic fungi to metabolize and detoxify phytoalexins are reviewed. Prospects for application of recent findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon SK, Canada S7N 5C9. s.pedras@usask.ca
authors.forename: M Soledade C
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pedras
authors.forename: Pearson W K
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ahiahonu
mesh_terms: D019607:Brassicaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D019657:Solanaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D013729:Terpenes; D000094162:Phytoalexins
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D000094162:Phytoalexins