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Knots untie: molecular determinants involved in knot formation Induced by Pseudomonas savastanoi in woody hosts

dc.contributor.authorCaballo Ponce, Eloy
dc.contributor.authorMurillo Martínez, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Gil, Marta
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Pérez, Alba
dc.contributor.authorPintado, Adrián
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Cayo
dc.contributor.departmentProducción Agrariaes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentNekazaritza Ekoizpenaeu
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-11T10:22:17Z
dc.date.available2017-08-11T10:22:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe study of the molecular basis of tree diseases is lately receiving a renewed attention, especially with the emerging perception that pathogens require specific pathogenicity and virulence factors to successfully colonize woody hosts. Pathosystems involving woody plants are notoriously difficult to study, although the use of model bacterial strains together with genetically homogeneous micropropagated plant material is providing a significant impetus to our understanding of the molecular determinants leading to disease. The gammaproteobacterium Pseudomonas savastanoi belongs to the intensively studied Pseudomonas syringae complex, and includes three pathogenic lineages causing tumorous overgrowths (knots) in diverse economically relevant trees and shrubs. As it occurs with many other bacteria, pathogenicity of P. savastanoi is dependent on a type III secretion system, which is accompanied by a core set of at least 20 effector genes shared among strains isolated from olive, oleander, and ash. The induction of knots of wild-type size requires that the pathogen maintains adequate levels of diverse metabolites, including the phytohormones indole-3-acetic acid and cytokinins, as well as cyclic-di-GMP, some of which can also regulate the expression of other pathogenicity and virulence genes and participate in bacterial competitiveness. In a remarkable example of social networking, quorum sensing molecules allow for the communication among P. savastanoi and other members of the knot microbiome, while at the same time are essential for tumor formation. Additionally, a distinguishing feature of bacteria from the P. syringae complex isolated from woody organs is the possession of a 15 kb genomic island (WHOP) carrying four operons and three other genes involved in degradation of phenolic compounds. Two of these operons mediate the catabolism of anthranilate and catechol and, together with another operon, are required for the induction of full-size tumors in woody hosts, but not in non-woody micropropagated plants. The use of transposon mutagenesis also uncovered a treasure trove of additional P. savastanoi genes affecting virulence and participating in diverse bacterial processes. Although there is still much to be learned on what makes a bacterium a successful pathogen of trees, we are already untying the knots.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Spanish Plan Nacional I+D+i grants AGL2014-53242-C2-1-R and AGL2014-53242-C2-2-R from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) and was co-financed by FEDER. AP was supported by a FPU Ph.D. fellowship and AM-P and EC-P by FPI Ph.D. fellowships from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECD) and MINECO.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpls.2017.01089
dc.identifier.issn1664-462X (Electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/25116
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Plant Science 8:1089en
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//AGL2014-53242-C2-2-R/ES/en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01089
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).en
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dc.subjectBacterial gallen
dc.subjectOlive knoten
dc.subjectWoody hosten
dc.subjectPseudomonas savastanoien
dc.subjectPseudomonas syringaeen
dc.subjectIAAen
dc.subjectCytokininsen
dc.titleKnots untie: molecular determinants involved in knot formation Induced by Pseudomonas savastanoi in woody hostsen
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