title: Genomic and proteomic dissection of the ubiquitous plant pathogen, Armillaria mellea: toward a new infection model system.
abstract: Armillaria mellea is a major plant pathogen. Yet, no large-scale "-omics" data are available to enable new studies, and limited experimental models are available to investigate basidiomycete pathogenicity. Here we reveal that the A. mellea genome comprises 58.35 Mb, contains 14473 gene models, of average length 1575 bp (4.72 introns/gene). Tandem mass spectrometry identified 921 mycelial (n = 629 unique) and secreted (n = 183 unique) proteins. Almost 100 mycelial proteins were either species-specific or previously unidentified at the protein level. A number of proteins (n = 111) was detected in both mycelia and culture supernatant extracts. Signal sequence occurrence was 4-fold greater for secreted (50.2%) compared to mycelial (12%) proteins. Analyses revealed a rich reservoir of carbohydrate degrading enzymes, laccases, and lignin peroxidases in the A. mellea proteome, reminiscent of both basidiomycete and ascomycete glycodegradative arsenals. We discovered that A. mellea exhibits a specific killing effect against Candida albicans during coculture. Proteomic investigation of this interaction revealed the unique expression of defensive and potentially offensive A. mellea proteins (n = 30). Overall, our data reveal new insights into the origin of basidiomycete virulence and we present a new model system for further studies aimed at deciphering fungal pathogenic mechanisms.
authors: Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland.
authors: Cassandra
authors: C
authors: Collins
authors: Thomas M
authors: TM
authors: Keane
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Turner
authors: Grainne
authors: G
authors: O'Keeffe
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Fitzpatrick
authors: Sean
authors: S
authors: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000898:Antibiosis; D055392:Armillaria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000254:growth & development; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D059646:Genome Size; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D042845:Laccase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025282:Mycelium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D040901:Proteomics; D013045:Species Specificity; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D042845:Laccase; D010544:Peroxidases; C042858:lignin peroxidase
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