title: Lipids in plant-microbe interactions.
abstract: Bacteria and fungi can undergo symbiotic or pathogenic interactions with plants. Membrane lipids and lipid-derived molecules from the plant or the microbial organism play important roles during the infection process. For example, lipids (phospholipids, glycolipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids) are involved in establishing the membrane interface between the two organisms. Furthermore, lipid-derived molecules are crucial for intracellular signaling in the plant cell, and lipids serve as signals during plant-microbial communication. These signal lipids include phosphatidic acid, diacylglycerol, lysophospholipids, and free fatty acids derived from phospholipase activity, apocarotenoids, and sphingolipid breakdown products such as ceramide, ceramide-phosphate, long chain base, and long chain base-phosphate. Fatty acids are the precursors for oxylipins, including jasmonic acid, and for azelaic acid, which together with glycerol-3-phosphate are crucial for the regulation of systemic acquired resistance. This article is part of a Special Issue titled "Plant Lipid Biology," guest editors Kent Chapman and Ivo Feussner.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Meike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siebers
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brands
authors.affiliation: Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wewer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Yanjiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hölzl
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: Doermann@uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dörmann
mesh_terms: D002518:Ceramides / Q000235:genetics; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000235:genetics; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics*; D008055:Lipids / Q000235:genetics*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000235:genetics; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000235:genetics; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D013107:Sphingolipids / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002518:Ceramides; D006017:Glycolipids; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D013107:Sphingolipids; D010740:Phospholipases
keywords: Glycerolipid; Mycorrhiza; Programmed cell death; Sphingolipid; Sterol; Systemic acquired resistance