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Title: | The effector AWR5 from the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is an inhibitor of the TOR signalling pathway |
Author: | Popa, Crina Mihaela Li, Liang Gil, Sergio Tatjer, Laura Hashii, Keisuke Tabuchi, Mitsuaki Coll, Núria S. Ariño, Joaquín Valls i Matheu, Marc |
Keywords: | Patologia vegetal Bacteris fitopatògens Plant pathology Phytopatogenic bacteria |
Issue Date: | 3-Jun-2016 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Bacterial pathogens possess complex type III effector (T3E) repertoires that are translocated inside the host cells to cause disease. However, only a minor proportion of these effectors have been assigned a function. Here, we show that the T3E AWR5 from the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is an inhibitor of TOR, a central regulator in eukaryotes that controls the switch between cell growth and stress responses in response to nutrient availability. Heterologous expression of AWR5 in yeast caused growth inhibition and autophagy induction coupled to massive transcriptomic changes, unmistakably reminiscent of TOR inhibition by rapamycin or nitrogen starvation. Detailed genetic analysis of these phenotypes in yeast, including suppression of AWR5-induced toxicity by mutation of CDC55 and TPD3, encoding regulatory subunits of the PP2A phosphatase, indicated that AWR5 might exert its function by directly or indirectly inhibiting the TOR pathway upstream PP2A. We present evidence in planta that this T3E caused a decrease in TOR-regulated plant nitrate reductase activity and also that normal levels of TOR and the Cdc55 homologues in plants are required for R. solanacearum virulence. Our results suggest that the TOR pathway is a bona fide T3E target and further prove that yeast is a useful platform for T3E function characterisation. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27058 |
It is part of: | Scientific Reports, 2016, vol. 3, num. 6:27058 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/103389 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27058 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) Publicacions de projectes de recerca finançats per la UE |
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