Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Research Centre for BioSystems, Land use, and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.
Front Plant Sci. 2013 Jul 11;4:228. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00228. eCollection 2013.
One of the emerging systems in plant-microbe interaction is the study of proteins, referred to as effectors, secreted by microbes in order to modulate host cells function and structure and to promote microbial growth on plant tissue. Current knowledge on fungal effectors derives mainly from biotrophic and hemibiotrophic plant fungal pathogens that have a limited host range. Here, we focus on effectors of Piriformospora indica, a soil borne endophyte forming intimate associations with roots of a wide range of plant species. Complete genome sequencing provides an opportunity to investigate the role of effectors during the interaction of this mutualistic fungus with plants. We describe in silico analyses to predict effectors of P. indica and we explore effector features considered here to mine a high priority protein list for functional analysis.
植物-微生物相互作用中的一个新兴系统是研究微生物分泌的蛋白质，这些蛋白质被称为效应子，它们可以调节宿主细胞的功能和结构，并促进微生物在植物组织上的生长。目前关于真菌效应子的知识主要来自于生物亲和性和半生物亲和性的植物真菌病原体，它们的宿主范围有限。在这里，我们专注于内生真菌离蠕孢的效应子，它与广泛的植物物种的根形成密切的联系。完整的基因组测序为研究这种互利共生真菌与植物相互作用过程中效应子的作用提供了机会。我们描述了预测离蠕孢效应子的计算机分析，并探索了这里考虑的效应子特征，以挖掘用于功能分析的高优先级蛋白质列表。
