Arabidopsis thaliana responds to colonisation of Piriformospora indica by secretion of symbiosis-specific proteins.

ABSTRACT: Plants interact with a wide variety of fungi in a mutualistic, parasitic or neutral way. The associations formed depend on the exchange of nutrients and signalling molecules between the partners. This includes a diverse set of protein classes involved in defence, nutrient uptake or establishing a symbiotic relationship. Here, we have analysed the secretomes of the mutualistic, root-endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica and Arabidopsis thaliana when cultivated alone or in a co-culture. More than one hundred proteins were identified as differentially secreted, including proteins associated with growth, development, abiotic and biotic stress response and mucilage. While some of the proteins have been associated before to be involved in plant-microbial interaction, other proteins are newly d

SUBMITTER: Thurich J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307754 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature