The Pectin Methylesterase Gene Complement of Phytophthora sojae: Structural and Functional Analyses, and the Evolutionary Relationships with Its Oomycete Homologs

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0142096
• Main Authors: Horowitz, Brent B, Ospina-Giraldo, Manuel D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biological evolution; Biology; Carbohydrates; Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases - genetics; Cell walls; Economic models; Enzymes; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Duplication; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Genomics; Glycine max; Glycine max - microbiology; Homology; Infections; Inoculation; Introns; Pathogenesis; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; Pectin; Pectinesterase; Phylogeny; Phytophthora; Phytophthora - enzymology; Phytophthora - genetics; Phytophthora - pathogenicity; Phytophthora infestans; Phytophthora sojae; Plant diseases; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Pythium; Regulatory mechanisms (biology); Soybeans; Speciation; Stem rot; Structure-function relationships; Virulence - genetics; Virulence - physiology; United States; United States > US; Pennsylvania

Phytophthora sojae is an oomycete pathogen that causes the disease known as root and stem rot in soybean plants, frequently leading to massive economic damage. Additionally, P. sojae is increasingly being utilized as a model for phytopathogenic oomycete research. Despite the economic and scientific...