Project description:Nucleoside derivatives target Magnaporthe oryzae appressoria function and nucleotide metabolism for fungal disease control (PRJCA041077)
Project description:Two-week old rice plants (cultivar Nipponbare) were treated with either Magnaporthe grisea (virulent isolate FR13) spore suspension in gelatine or gelatine alone. Two time points were taken (3 and 4 days post inoculation- dpi). Disease symptoms were not visible at 3 dpi whereas they were at 4 dpi. Two biological repeats were done. Keywords: normal vs disease comparison,time course,treated vs untreated comparison
Project description:The rice pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae, undergoes a complex developmental process leading to formation of an appressorium prior to plant infection. In an effort to better understand phosphoregulation during appressorium development, a mass spectrometry-based study was undertaken. Phosphosites were identified from phosphoproteins from mycelia, conidia, germlings, and appressoria of the wild type and a ckpA mutant. The cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase A (CPKA) is required for initial perception of the leaf surface, development of functional appressoria, and timely mobilization of storage reserves in conidia, including glycogen and lipid bodies.
