Identification of a chitinase-modifying protein from Fusarium verticillioides: Truncation of a host resistance protein by a fungalysin metalloprotease

• Published in: The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 286; no. 41; pp. 35358 - 35366
• Main Authors: Naumann, Todd A, Wicklow, Donald T, Price, Neil P.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 14.10.2011
• Subjects: amino acid sequences; chitinase; Chitinases - genetics; Chitinases - metabolism; corn ears; ear rot; Fungal Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; Fusarium; Fusarium - enzymology; Fusarium - genetics; Fusarium - pathogenicity; Gibberella fujikuroi; Metalloproteases - genetics; Metalloproteases - metabolism; metalloproteinases; pathogenesis; Plant Biology; Plant Diseases - genetics; Plant Diseases - microbiology; plant pathogenic fungi; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; proteins; proteolysis; Zea mays - enzymology; Zea mays - genetics; Zea mays - microbiology

Chitinase-modifying proteins (cmps) are proteases secreted by fungal pathogens that truncate the plant class IV chitinases ChitA and ChitB during maize ear rot. cmp activity has been characterized for Bipolaris zeicola and Stenocarpella maydis, but the identities of the proteases are not known. Here...