scholarly journals Phloretin, an Apple Phytoalexin, Affects the Virulence and Fitness of Pectobacterium brasiliense by Interfering With Quorum-Sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Pun ◽  
Netaly Khazanov ◽  
Ortal Galsurker ◽  
Michal Weitman ◽  
Zohar Kerem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Soft Rot ◽  
Homoserine Lactone ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Docking Simulations ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Degrading Enzymes

The effects of phloretin a phytoalexin from apple, was tested on Pectobacterium brasiliense (Pb1692), an emerging soft-rot pathogen of potato. Exposure of Pb1692 to 0.2 mM phloretin a concentration that does not affect growth, or to 0.4 mM a 50% growth inhibiting concentration (50% MIC), reduced motility, biofilm formation, secretion of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, production of acyl–homoserine lactone (AHL) signaling molecules and infection, phenotypes that are associated with bacterial population density-dependent system known as quorum sensing (QS). To analyze the effect of growth inhibition on QS, the activity of ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic that impairs cell division, was compared to that of phloretin at 50% MIC. Unlike phloretin, the antibiotic hardly affected the tested phenotypes. The use of DH5α, a QS-negative Escherichia coli strain, transformed with an AHL synthase (ExpI) from Pb1692, allowed to validate direct inhibition of AHL production by phloretin, as demonstrated by two biosensor strains, Chromobacterium violaceaum (CV026) and E. coli (pSB401). Expression analysis of virulence-related genes revealed downregulation of QS-regulated genes (expI, expR, luxS, rsmB), plant cell wall degrading enzymes genes (pel, peh and prt) and motility genes (motA, fim, fliA, flhC and flhD) following exposure to both phloretin concentrations. The results support the inhibition of ExpI activity by phloretin. Docking simulations were used to predict the molecular associations between phloretin and the active site of ExpI, to suggest a likely mode of action for the compound’s inhibition of virulence.

Activities of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes by bacterial soft rot of orchid

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1239-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Joko ◽  
Ahmad Subandi ◽  
Nanda Kusumandari ◽  
Arif Wibowo ◽  
Achmadi Priyatmojo
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Soft Rot ◽  
Bacterial Soft Rot ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Degrading Enzymes

scholarly journals The regulatory and transcriptional landscape associated with carbon utilization in a filamentous fungus

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (11) ◽  
pp. 6003-6013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent W. Wu ◽  
Nils Thieme ◽  
Lori B. Huberman ◽  
Axel Dietschmann ◽  
David J. Kowbel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Genes Encoding

Filamentous fungi, such asNeurospora crassa, are very efficient in deconstructing plant biomass by the secretion of an arsenal of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, by remodeling metabolism to accommodate production of secreted enzymes, and by enabling transport and intracellular utilization of plant biomass components. Although a number of enzymes and transcriptional regulators involved in plant biomass utilization have been identified, how filamentous fungi sense and integrate nutritional information encoded in the plant cell wall into a regulatory hierarchy for optimal utilization of complex carbon sources is not understood. Here, we performed transcriptional profiling ofN. crassaon 40 different carbon sources, including plant biomass, to provide data on how fungi sense simple to complex carbohydrates. From these data, we identified regulatory factors inN. crassaand characterized one (PDR-2) associated with pectin utilization and one with pectin/hemicellulose utilization (ARA-1). Using in vitro DNA affinity purification sequencing (DAP-seq), we identified direct targets of transcription factors involved in regulating genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes. In particular, our data clarified the role of the transcription factor VIB-1 in the regulation of genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and nutrient scavenging and revealed a major role of the carbon catabolite repressor CRE-1 in regulating the expression of major facilitator transporter genes. These data contribute to a more complete understanding of cross talk between transcription factors and their target genes, which are involved in regulating nutrient sensing and plant biomass utilization on a global level.

scholarly journals Pyramiding Unmarked Deletions in Ralstonia solanacearum Shows That Secreted Proteins in Addition to Plant Cell-Wall-Degrading Enzymes Contribute to Virulence

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1296-1305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanli Liu ◽  
Shuping Zhang ◽  
Mark A. Schell ◽  
Timothy P. Denny
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Ralstonia Solanacearum ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Secreted Proteins ◽  
Cellulolytic Enzymes ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Tomato Plants ◽  
Degrading Enzymes

Ralstonia solanacearum, like many phytopathogenic bacteria, makes multiple extracellular plant cell-wall-degrading enzymes (CWDE), some of which contribute to its ability to cause wilt disease. CWDE and many other proteins are secreted to the milieu via the highly conserved type II protein secretion system (T2SS). R. solanacearum with a defective T2SS is weakly virulent, but it is not known whether this is due to absence of all the CWDE or the loss of other secreted proteins that contribute to disease. These alternatives were investigated by creating mutants of wild-type strain GMI1000 lacking either the T2SS or up to six CWDE and comparing them for virulence on tomato plants. To create unmarked deletions, genomic regions flanking the target gene were polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified, were fused using splice overlap extension PCR, were cloned into a suicide plasmid harboring the sacB counter-selectable marker, and then, were site-specifically introduced into the genome. Various combinations of five deletions (δpehA, δpehB, δpehC, δpme, and δegl) and one inactivated allele (cbhA::aphA-3) resulted in 15 mutants missing one to six CWDE. In soil-drench inoculation assays, virulence of mutants lacking only pectic enzymes (PehA, PehB, PehC, and Pme) was not statistically different from GMI1000, but all the mutants lacking one or both cellulolytic enzymes (Egl or CbhA) wilted plants significantly more slowly than did the wild type. The GMI-6 mutant that lacks all six CWDE was more virulent than the mutant lacking only its two cellulolytic enzymes, and both were significantly more virulent than the T2SS mutant (GMI-D). Very similar results were observed in wounded-petiole inoculation assays, so GMI-6 and GMI-D appear to be less capable of colonizing tomato tissues after invasion. Because the T2SS mutant was much less virulent than the sixfold CWDE mutant, we conclude that other secreted proteins contribute substantially to the ability of R. solanacearum GMI1000 to systemically colonize tomato plants.

scholarly journals Neotropical termite microbiomes as sources of novel plant cell wall degrading enzymes

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Romero Victorica ◽  
Marcelo A. Soria ◽  
Ramón Alberto Batista-García ◽  
Javier A. Ceja-Navarro ◽  
Surendra Vikram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Degrading Enzymes

scholarly journals Arsenal of plant cell wall degrading enzymes reflects host preference among plant pathogenic fungi

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C King ◽  
Katrina D Waxman ◽  
Nicholas V Nenni ◽  
Larry P Walker ◽  
Gary C Bergstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Host Preference ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Plant Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Degrading Enzymes
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