Ferritins, bacterial virulence and plant defence
Aïda Boughammoura1, Thierry Franza, Alia Dellagi
1Laboratoire Interactions Plantes-Pathogènes, UMR 217 INRA/INA P-G/Université Paris 6, Paris 75005, France.
Abstract:
The enterobacterial pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi causes soft rot diseases on a wide range of plants, including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This bacterium proliferates in the host by secreting a set of pectin degrading enzymes responsible for symptom development. In addition, survival of this bacterium in planta requires two high-affinity iron acquisition systems mediated by siderophores and protective systems against oxidative damages, suggesting the implication by both partners of accurate mechanisms controlling their iron homeostasis under conditions of infection. In this review, we address this question and we show that ferritins both from the pathogen and the host are subtly implicated in the control of this interplay.
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