The tomato Prf complex is a molecular trap for bacterial effectors based on Pto transphosphorylation.
The major virulence strategy of phytopathogenic bacteria is to secrete effector proteins into the host cell to target the immune machinery. AvrPto and AvrPtoB are two such effectors from Pseudomonas syringae, which disable an overlapping range of kinases in Arabidopsis and Tomato. Both effectors tar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561153?pdf=render |