title: Sugars and plant innate immunity.
abstract: Sugars are involved in many metabolic and signalling pathways in plants. Sugar signals may also contribute to immune responses against pathogens and probably function as priming molecules leading to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP)-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity in plants. These putative roles also depend greatly on coordinated relationships with hormones and the light status in an intricate network. Although evidence in favour of sugar-mediated plant immunity is accumulating, more in-depth fundamental research is required to unravel the sugar signalling pathways involved. This might pave the way for the use of biodegradable sugar-(like) compounds to counteract plant diseases as cheaper and safer alternatives for toxic agrochemicals.
authors.affiliation: KU Leuven, Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bolouri Moghaddam
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van den Ende
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000276:immunology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D010940:Plant Proteins