通过分泌的真菌效应剂进行代谢原始化
Armin Djamei1, Kerstin Schipper, Franziska Rabe
1Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10, D-35043 Marburg, Germany.
Nature
|October 7, 2011
概括
乌斯蒂拉戈·梅迪斯分泌的 chorismate 突变酶 Cmu1,一种真菌毒性因子. 这种酶通过改变它们的新陈代谢状态来启动植物细胞用于玉米污垢的发展.
科学领域:
- 植物病理学 植物病理学
- 菌类学 菌类学是指菌类学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 由Ustilago maydis引起的玉米污垢是一种重要的农业疾病.
- 梅迪斯菌是一种生物的真菌,通过分泌的效应蛋白来操纵宿主植物.
- 这种真菌拥有大量的效应因子,其中许多具有未知的功能.
研究的目的:
- 调查U. maydis chorismate mutase (Cmu1) 作为潜在的毒性因子的作用.
- 了解Cmu1如何影响宿主植物细胞的机制.
主要方法:
- 对U的分析可能会产生一些秘密,以确定潜在的毒性因素.
- 实验验证Cmu1在宿主植物相互作用中的功能.
- 细胞吸收和对Cmu1治疗植物细胞的代谢分析.
主要成果:
- 乌. 梅迪斯分泌的 chorismate 突变酶 Cmu1,它被植物细胞吸收.
- Cmu1扩散到邻近的植物细胞,诱导代谢原始化.
- 这种代谢变化有助于真菌的毒性.
结论:
- Cmu1是U. maydis的毒性因子,促进了玉米污垢的发展.
- 分泌的chorismate突变酶代表了植物相关微生物对宿主操纵的保存策略.
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