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A bacterial cysteine protease effector protein interferes with photosynthesis to suppress plant innate immune responses

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The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 suppresses plant innate immunity with effector proteins injected by a type III secretion system (T3SS). The cysteine protease effector HopN1, which reduces the ability of DC3000 to elicit programmed cell death in non‐host tobacco, was found to also suppress the production of defence‐associated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and callose when delivered by Pseudomonas fluorescens heterologously expressing a P. syringae T3SS. Purified His6‐tagged HopN1 was used to identify tomato PsbQ, a member of the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II (PSII), as an interacting protein. HopN1 localized to chloroplasts and both degraded PsbQ and inhibited PSII activity in chloroplast preparations, whereas a HopN1D299A non‐catalytic mutant lost these abilities. Gene silencing of NtPsbQ in tobacco compromised ROS production and programmed cell death by DC3000. Our data reveal PsbQ as a contributor to plant immunity responses and a target for pathogen suppression.

Authors:   Rodríguez‐Herva, José J.; González‐Melendi, Pablo; Cuartas‐Lanza, Raquel; Antúnez‐Lamas, María; Río‐Alvarez, Isabel; Li, Ziduo; López‐Torrejón, Gema; Díaz, Isabel; del Pozo, Juan C.; Chakravarthy, Suma; Collmer, Alan; Rodríguez‐Palenzuela, Pablo; López‐Solanilla, Emilia
Journal:   Cellular Microbiology
Volume:   14
Issue:   5
Year:   2012
Pages:   669
DOI:   10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01749.x
Publication date:   01-05-2012

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