The M35 Metalloprotease Effector FocM35_1 Is Required for Full Virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4

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第一作者： Zhang, Xiaoxia

作者： Zhang, Xiaoxia;Lyu, Shuxia;Huang, Huoqing;Wu, Bangting;Xie, Yanling;Xiang, Dandan;Liu, Siwen;Li, Chunyu;Xie, Jianghui;Wang, Wei;Viljoen, Altus;Mostert, Diane;Fu, Gang

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关键词： Fusarium wilt; banana; virulence; effector; metalloprotease

期刊名称：PATHOGENS （ 影响因子：3.492； 五年影响因子：4.066 ）

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年卷期： 2021 年 10 卷 6 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) causes Fusarium wilt of banana, the most devastating disease on a banana plant. The genome of Foc TR4 encodes many candidate effector proteins. However, little is known about the functions of these effector proteins on their contributions to disease development and Foc TR4 virulence. Here, we discovered a secreted metalloprotease, FocM35_1, which is an essential virulence effector of Foc TR4. FocM35_1 was highly upregulated during the early stages of Foc TR4 infection progress in bananas. The FocM35_1 knockout mutant compromised the virulence of Foc TR4. FocM35_1 could interact with the banana chitinase MaChiA, and it decreased banana chitinase activity. FocM35_1 induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana while suppressing the INF1-induced hypersensitive response (HR), and its predicted enzymatic site was required for lesion formation and the suppression to INF1-induced HR on N. benthamiana leaves. Importantly, treatment of banana leaves with recombinant FocM35_1 accelerates Foc TR4 infection. Collectively, our study provides evidence that metalloprotease effector FocM35 seems to contribute to pathogen virulence by inhibiting the host immunity.

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