Bacterial pathogens deliver water- and solute-permeable channels to plant cells.

ABSTRACT: Many animal- and plant-pathogenic bacteria use a type III secretion system to deliver effector proteins into host cells^1,2. Elucidation of how these effector proteins function in host cells is critical for understanding infectious diseases in animals and plants^3-5. The widely conserved AvrE-family effectors, including DspE in Erwinia amylovora and AvrE in Pseudomonas syringae, have a central role in the pathogenesis of diverse phytopathogenic bacteria⁶. These conserved effectors are involved in the induction of 'water soaking' and host cell death that are conducive to bacterial multiplication in infected tissues. However, the exact biochemical functions of AvrE-family effectors have been recalcitrant to mechanistic understanding for three decades. Here we s

SUBMITTER: Nomura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature