Plant structural and storage glucans trigger distinct transcriptional responses that modulate the motility of Xanthomonas pathogens.

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Pathogenic Xanthomonas bacteria can affect a variety of economically relevant crops causing losses in productivity, limiting commercialization and requiring phytosanitary measures. These plant pathogens exhibit high level of host and tissue specificity through multiple molecular strategies including several secretion systems, effector proteins, and a broad repertoire of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes). Many of these CAZymes act on the plant cell wall and storage carbohydrates, such as cellulose and starch, releasing products used as nutrients and modulators of transcriptional responses to support host colonization by mechanisms yet poorly understood. Here, we reveal that structural and storage β-glucans from the plant cell function as spatial markers, provid

SUBMITTER: Bonfim IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714752 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature