title: Proteases in plant root symbiosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kistner
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kosuta
authors.forename: Thilo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Winzer
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitzschke
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Groth
authors.forename: Shusei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takakazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parniske
mesh_terms: D004790:Enzyme Induction; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000201:enzymology*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010447:Peptide Hydrolases