![]() Lenarčič T et al. , Science, 2017, 358, pp 1431-1434 Van den Ackerveken G, Science, 2017, 358, Issue 6369, pp. 1383-1384 |
NLP proteins constitute a superfamily of proteins produced by plant pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. NLP refers to “Necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide 1–like proteins”, describing effects of these proteins in target plants, i.e. tissue cell death (necrosis) and production of the plant hormone ethylene, produced in response to environmental stress. Many NLPs are cytotoxins that facilitate microbial infection of eudicot plants (like tomato and tobacco), but not of monocots (like cereals and leek). The molecular basis of such specificity of members of the NLP family of toxins has been revealed through data collected on XRD1 beamline. Further informations can be found at: http://www.elettra.eu/science/top-stories/an-extra-sugar-provides-protection.html |
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Eudicot plant-specific sphingolipids determine host selectivity of microbial NLP cytolysins,
How plants differ in toxin-sensitivity, Van den Ackerveken G, Science, 2017, 358, Issue 6369, pp. 1383-1384 |