The effector candidate repertoire of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form an ecologically important symbiosis with more than two thirds of studied land plants. Recent studies of plant-pathogen interactions showed that effector proteins play a key role in host colonization by controlling the plant immune system. We hypothesise that also for symbiotic-plant interactions the secreted effectome of the fungus is a major component of communication and the conservation level of effector proteins between AMF species may be indicative whether they play a fundamental role.

Results

In this study, we used a bioinformatics pipeline to predict and compare the effector candidate repertoire of the two AMF species, Rhizophagus irregularis and Rhizophagus clarus. Our in silico pipeline revealed a list of 220 R. irr

SUBMITTER: Sedzielewska Toro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4746824 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature