An effector protein of the wheat stripe rust fungus targets chloroplasts and suppresses chloroplast function

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 5571 - 13
• Main Authors: Xu, Qiang, Tang, Chunlei, Wang, Xiaodong, Sun, Shutian, Zhao, Jinren, Kang, Zhensheng, Wang, Xiaojie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.12.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 38; 38/111; 631/326/193/2542; 631/326/193/2545; 631/449/1734; 631/449/2169/2673; Basidiomycota - genetics; Basidiomycota - immunology; Basidiomycota - metabolism; BAX protein; Cell death; Chloroplasts; Chloroplasts - immunology; Chloroplasts - metabolism; Chloroplasts - microbiology; Cultivars; Cytochromes; Disease Resistance - genetics; Disease Resistance - immunology; Electron transport; Fungal Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - immunology; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; Fungi; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal - immunology; Gene Silencing; Glucans - immunology; Glucans - metabolism; Host-Pathogen Interactions - genetics; Host-Pathogen Interactions - immunology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypersensitive response; Immunity; Microorganisms; multidisciplinary; Photosynthesis; Plant Diseases - genetics; Plant Diseases - immunology; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant immunity; Plant Immunity - genetics; Plant Immunity - immunology; Plant Leaves - genetics; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Plant Leaves - microbiology; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Protein Binding; Proteins; Pseudomonas syringae - immunology; Pseudomonas syringae - physiology; Reactive Oxygen Species - immunology; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Rust fungi; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Stripe rust; Tobacco; Triticum - genetics; Triticum - microbiology; Viruses; Wheat

Chloroplasts are important for photosynthesis and for plant immunity against microbial pathogens. Here we identify a haustorium-specific protein (Pst_12806) from the wheat stripe rust fungus, Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici ( Pst ), that is translocated into chloroplasts and affects chloroplast...