MOLECULAR INTIMACY BETWEEN PROTEINS SPECIFYING PLANT-PATHOGEN RECOGNITION

Authors
PARKER JE COLEMAN MJ
Citation
Je. Parker et Mj. Coleman, MOLECULAR INTIMACY BETWEEN PROTEINS SPECIFYING PLANT-PATHOGEN RECOGNITION, Trends in biochemical sciences, 22(8), 1997, pp. 291-296
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Trends in biochemical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09680004
Volume
22
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
291 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0968-0004(1997)22:8<291:MIBPSP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Disease resistance in plants is commonly specified by genetically pair ed plant resistance (R) and pathogen avirulence (Avr) proteins. Recent molecular analyses of several R-Avr protein interactions provide comp elling evidence for a receptor-ligand mechanism in which specific bind ing of the Avr elicitor by its matching R protein leads to activation of the plant defence response. Direct R-Avr protein recognition preced es the function of an expanding battery of plant resistance signalling components.