Molecular interactions between tomato and the leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum

Rivas, Susana and Thomas, Colwyn M. (2005) Molecular interactions between tomato and the leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 43. pp. 395-436. ISSN 1545-2107

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Abstract

The interaction between tomato and the leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum is controlled in a gene-for-gene manner. This interaction has provided useful insights to the molecular basis of recognition specificity in plant disease resistance (R) proteins, disease resistance (R) gene evolution, R-protein mediated signaling, and cellular responses to pathogen attack. Tomato Cf genes encode type I membrane-associated receptor-like proteins (RLPs) comprised predominantly of extracellular leucine-rich repeats (eLRRs) and which are anchored in the plasma membrane. Cf proteins recognize fungal avirulence (Avr) peptides secreted into the leaf apoplast during infection. A direct interaction of Cf proteins with their cognate Avr proteins has not been demonstrated and the molecular mechanism of Avr protein perception is not known. Following ligand perception Cf proteins trigger a hypersensitive response (HR) and the arrest of pathogen development. Cf proteins lack an obvious signaling domain, suggesting that defense response activation is mediated through interactions with other partners. Avr protein perception results in the rapid accumulation of active oxygen species (AOS), changes in cellular ion fluxes, activation of protein kinase cascades, changes in gene expression and, possibly, targeted protein degradation. Here we review our current understanding of Cf-mediated responses in resistance to C. fulvum.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:38
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 01:34
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1201
DOI:	10.1146/annurev.phyto.43.040204.140224

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