Diversity and conservation of plant small secreted proteins associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.

ABSTRACT: Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) is widespread mutualistic association between plants and fungi, which plays an essential role in nutrient exchange, enhancement in plant stress resistance, development of host, and ecosystem sustainability. Previous studies have shown that plant small secreted proteins (SSPs) are involved in beneficial symbiotic interactions. However, the role of SSPs in the evolution of AMS has not been well studied yet. In this study, we performed computational analysis of SSPs in 60 plant species and identified three AMS-specific ortholog groups containing SSPs only from at least 30% of the AMS species in this study and three AMS-preferential ortholog groups containing SSPs from both AMS and non-AMS species, with AMS species containing significantly more SSPs than

SUBMITTER: Hu XL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985099 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature