A 'Hydrolase Switch' for Vascular Specialization in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. (May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Redkar, Amey; Sabale, Mugdha; Di Pietro, Antonio
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 26:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 427
• Page End: 429
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Subjects: vascular pathogenesis -- evolution -- horizontal gene transfer -- Xanthomonas -- hydrolase; Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

Abstract : Plant vascular diseases are tissue-specific systemic infections provoked by bacterial and fungal pathogens adapted to thrive in the xylem vessels. A recent report by Gluck-Thaler et al . reveals that, in the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas, the switch from non-vascular to vascular pathogenesis is determined by a single gene encoding a plant cell wall-degrading hydrolase.