title: Convergent evolution of filamentous microbes towards evasion of glycan-triggered immunity.
abstract: 896 I. 896 II. 896 III. 897 IV. 898 V. 899 VI. 899 900 References 900 SUMMARY: All filamentous microbes produce and release a wide range of glycans, which are essential determinants of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. Major cell wall constituents, such as chitin and β-glucans, are elicitors of host immune responses. The widespread capacity for glycan perception in plants has driven the evolution of various strategies that help filamentous microbes to evade detection. Common strategies include structural and chemical modifications of cell wall components as well as the secretion of effector proteins that suppress chitin- and β-glucan-triggered immune responses. Thus, the necessity to avoid glycan-triggered immunity represents a driving force in the convergent evolution of filamentous microbes towards its suppression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rovenich
authors.affiliation: Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, 50674, Cologne, Germany.|Department of Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Alga
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zuccaro
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bart P H J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-4181
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Thomma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D057865:Plant Immunity; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
keywords: chitin; effector; glycan recognition; microbial cell wall; β-glucan