An eggshell-localised annexin plays a key role in the coordination of the life cycle of a plant-parasitic nematode with its host.

ABSTRACT: Host-specific plant pathogens must coordinate their life cycles with the availability of a host plant. Although this is frequently achieved through a response to specific chemical cues derived from the host plant, little is known about the molecular basis of the response to such cues and how these are used to trigger activation of the life cycle. In host-specific plant-parasitic cyst nematodes, unhatched juvenile nematodes lie dormant in the eggshell until chemical cues from a suitable host plant are detected and the hatching process is initiated. The molecular mechanisms by which hatch is linked to the presence of these chemical cues is unknown. We have identified a novel annexin-like protein that is localised to the eggshell of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis. This annex

SUBMITTER: Price JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9956659 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature