Proteases in plant root symbiosis.
Proteases catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in proteins/peptides inside or outside of cells. They play important roles in development and responses to environmental stresses. In arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), symbiosis-induced protease genes were found by large-scale transcriptome analyses in different plant species, suggesting that proteolytic processes are implicated in AM. In legumes, some of these were also transcriptionally activated during the root nodule symbiosis. However, the precise function of these symbiosis-induced proteases remains unknown. Here we present a compilation of the symbiosis-induced proteases identified so far and discuss their possible roles in symbiosis.
Takeda
Naoya
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Genetics, Biology Department, University of Munich (LMU), Ludwig-Maxmilians-Universität München, Maria-Ward-Strasse 1a, D-80638 Munich, Germany. naoya.takeda@lrz.ui-muenchen.de
Kistner
Catherine
C
Kosuta
Sonja
S
Winzer
Thilo
T
Pitzschke
Andrea
A
Groth
Martin
M
Sato
Shusei
S
Kaneko
Takakazu
T
Tabata
Satoshi
S
Parniske
Martin
M
D004790:Enzyme Induction; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000201:enzymology*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*
D010447:Peptide Hydrolases