Polygalacturonases, polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins and pectic oligomers in plant-pathogen interactions |
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Authors: | D'Ovidio Renato Mattei Benedetta Roberti Serena Bellincampi Daniela |
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Institution: | Dipartimento di Agrobiologia e Agrochimica, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. |
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Abstract: | Polygalacturonases (PGs) are produced by fungal pathogens during early plant infection and are believed to be important pathogenicity factors. Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) are plant defense proteins which reduce the hydrolytic activity of endoPGs and favor the accumulation of long-chain oligogalacturonides (OGs) which are elicitors of a variety of defense responses. PGIPs belong to the superfamily of leucine reach repeat (LRR) proteins which also include the products of several plant resistance genes. A number of evidence demonstrates that PGIPs efficiently inhibit fungal invasion. |
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