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Identification of Post-translational Modifications of Plant Protein Complexes
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Protein kinases in plant-pathogenic fungi: conserved regulators of infection

David Turrà1, David Segorbe, Antonio Di Pietro

  • 1Departamento de Genética and Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain; email: ge3tutud@uco.es , b22selud@uco.es , ge2dipia@uco.es.

Annual Review of Phytopathology
|August 5, 2014
PubMed

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Protein kinases (PKs) are crucial for fungal pathogenicity on plants. This review explores conserved PK signaling pathways, including MAPK and cAMP-PKA cascades, and emerging pathways that regulate fungal development and disease, offering insights for novel disease control strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Plant Pathology
  • Molecular Mycology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Phytopathogenic fungi exhibit diverse infection strategies but share conserved pathogenicity signaling pathways.
  • Protein kinases (PKs) regulate essential cellular processes through phosphorylation.
  • Understanding PKs is key to deciphering fungal pathogenesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of PK classes involved in fungal pathogenicity on plants.
  • To examine mechanisms regulating PK activity during infection-related development.
  • To discuss conserved and newly identified PK pathways in fungal pathogenesis.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and synthesis of existing research on protein kinases in fungal pathogenicity.
  • Analysis of signaling pathways, including MAPK and cAMP-PKA cascades.
  • Discussion of evolutionary recruitment of PK signaling networks.

Main Results:

  • Identified diverse classes of PKs contributing to fungal pathogenicity.
  • Highlighted conserved signaling modules (e.g., MAPK, cAMP-PKA) and emerging pathways.
  • Detailed regulatory mechanisms coordinating PK activity during infection.

Conclusions:

  • Conserved PK signaling networks are critical for fungal pathogenicity.
  • Understanding these pathways advances knowledge of plant-fungal interactions.
  • Insights may lead to novel strategies for controlling plant diseases.
Keywords:
infection-related developmentinvasive growthpenetration structurephosphorylationsignaling cascade

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