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Abstract
Arg-any amino acid-Leu-Arg (RXLR) effectors are central oomycete virulence factors that suppress plant immunity. Relatively little is known about how they are processed post-translationally before delivery into host cells. A range of molecular, cell and biochemical processes were used to investigate proteolytic processing of RXLR and Glu-Glu-Arg (EER) motifs in Phytophthora infestans effectors. Proteolytic cleavage at the RXLR motif occurred before secretion in all effectors tested, suggesting it is a general rule. Cleavage occurred between the leucine and the second arginine. There was no cleavage of a naturally occurring second RXLR motif in a structured region of Pi21388/AvrBlb1, or one introduced at a similar position in effector Pi04314, in keeping with the motif being positionally constrained, potentially to disordered regions closely following the signal peptide. Remarkably, independent proteolytic cleavage of the EER motif, often found immediately after the RXLR, was also observed, occurring immediately after the arginine. Full-length effectors expressed in host plant Nicotiana benthamiana revealed that, although secreted, they were poorly processed, suggesting that RXLR and EER cleavage does not occur in all eukaryotic cells. We conclude that, whether possessing both RXLR and EER, or either motif alone, these effectors are likely generally proteolytically processed before secretion.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | New Phytologist |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Sept 2024 |
Keywords
- cytoplasmic effector
- effector secretion
- late blight
- pathogenicity
- Phytophthora
- virulence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Plant Science
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
1/10/18 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Birch, P. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/03/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research