INTRODUCTION: The production of high quality and safe food represents a main priority for the agri-food sector in the effort to sustain the exponentially growing human population. Nonetheless, there are major challenges that require the discovery of new, alternative, and improved...
Based on a unique pathogen iron interplay mechanism, this work establishes a new therapeutic paradigm targeting iron homeostasis at the host-pathogen interface via sequential metabolic priming, offering a broadly applicable strategy to reprogram resource asymmetry and combat fungal infection.
Rust fungi are plant pathogens that cause epidemics which threatens the production of many important plant species, such as wheat, soy, coffee and poplar. Melampsora larici-populina (Mlp) causes the poplar rust and encodes at least 1184 candidate effectors (CEs), however their functions are poorl...
Microplastics, antibiotics, and heavy metals are co-occurring pollutants in wastewater, posing significant environmental risks and potential threats to human health. However, there is currently no effective wastewater treatment method for this type of combined pollution. This study establishes a ...
Isoflavonoids, and their pterocarpan derivatives, are important phytoalexin defense molecules in legumes (Fabaceae). They are commonly associated with antimicrobial activity and thought to be synthesized de novo or accumulated in response to microbial pathogens. Comparative metabolomics of Fu...