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  • Microbial genetics
  • Evolutionary biology

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  • Phytoplasmas exhibit significant phenotypic plasticity due to their effector proteins.
  • These effectors rapidly evolve and functionally diverge, impacting host plants and vectors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To catalogue phytoplasma effectors and their targets.
  • To understand the role of genome reduction and mobile genetic elements in effector evolution.
  • To elucidate the evolutionary pressures shaping effector diversity and function.

Main Methods:

  • Cataloguing of over 50 characterized phytoplasma effectors.
  • Analysis of effector interactions with plant regulatory hubs (SPL/GATA, TCP, MADS-box, ARF).
  • Population-level comparisons to assess effector distribution on mobile genetic elements (PMUs).
  • Investigation of selection pressures (purifying and diversifying) on effector genes.

Main Results:

  • Effectors interfere with key plant pathways, affecting morphogenesis and hormone balance.
  • Phytoplasma genomes show drastic reduction balanced by PMU-mediated replication and recombination.
  • Most effectors reside on PMUs, facilitating their evolution via recombination and horizontal transfer.
  • Purifying selection maintains essential virulence, while diversifying selection refines host specificity and immune evasion.

Conclusions:

  • Phytoplasma effector arsenal evolution is intrinsically linked to PMU dynamics.
  • Understanding PMU-effector interactions offers insights into phytoplasma's molecular host manipulation strategies.
  • This plasticity is crucial for phytoplasma adaptation and pathogenicity.