Chloroplast in Plant-Virus Interaction

In plants, the chloroplast is the organelle that conducts photosynthesis. It has been known that chloroplast is involved in virus infection of plants for approximate 70 years. Recently, the subject of chloroplast-virus interplay is getting more and more attention. In this article we discuss the diff...

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Published inFrontiers in microbiology Vol. 7; p. 1565
Main Authors Zhao, Jinping, Zhang, Xian, Hong, Yiguo, Liu, Yule
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 04.10.2016
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chloroplast
Microbiology
plant defense
Plant virus
Protein interaction
Virus infection
plant defense
protein interaction
chloroplast
plant virus
virus infection
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Summary:In plants, the chloroplast is the organelle that conducts photosynthesis. It has been known that chloroplast is involved in virus infection of plants for approximate 70 years. Recently, the subject of chloroplast-virus interplay is getting more and more attention. In this article we discuss the different aspects of chloroplast-virus interaction into three sections: the effect of virus infection on the structure and function of chloroplast, the role of chloroplast in virus infection cycle, and the function of chloroplast in host defense against viruses. In particular, we focus on the characterization of chloroplast protein-viral protein interactions that underlie the interplay between chloroplast and virus. It can be summarized that chloroplast is a common target of plant viruses for viral pathogenesis or propagation; and conversely, chloroplast and its components also can play active roles in plant defense against viruses. Chloroplast photosynthesis-related genes/proteins (CPRGs/CPRPs) are suggested to play a central role during the complex chloroplast-virus interaction.
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Reviewed by: Hideki Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan; Ricardo Flores, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; Hanako Shimura, Hokkaido University, Japan
This article was submitted to Virology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Edited by: Nobuhiro Suzuki, Okayama University, Japan
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01565