Multitask Approach to Localize Rhizobial Type Three Secretion System Effector Proteins Inside Eukaryotic Cells.

ABSTRACT: Rhizobia can establish mutually beneficial interactions with legume plants by colonizing their roots to induce the formation of a specialized structure known as a nodule, inside of which the bacteria are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen. It is well established that the compatibility of such interactions is mainly determined by the bacterial recognition of flavonoids secreted by the plants, which in response to these flavonoids trigger the synthesis of the bacterial Nod factors that drive the nodulation process. Additionally, other bacterial signals are involved in the recognition and the efficiency of this interaction, such as extracellular polysaccharides or some secreted proteins. Some rhizobial strains inject proteins through the type III secretion system to the cytosol of legume root c

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Guerrero I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10255152 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature