Pangenomic analysis reveals plant NAD+ manipulation as an important virulence activity of bacterial pathogen effectors

Hulin, Michelle T., Hill, Lionel, Jones, Jonathan D. G. and Ma, Wenbo (2023) Pangenomic analysis reveals plant NAD+ manipulation as an important virulence activity of bacterial pathogen effectors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (7). ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has emerged as a key component in prokaryotic and eukaryotic immune systems. The recent discovery that Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) proteins function as NAD+ hydrolases (NADase) links NAD+-derived small molecules with immune signaling. We investigated pathogen manipulation of host NAD+ metabolism as a virulence strategy. Using the pangenome of the model bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, we conducted a structure-based similarity search from 35,000 orthogroups for type III effectors (T3Es) with potential NADase activity. Thirteen T3Es, including five newly identified candidates, were identified that possess domain(s) characteristic of seven NAD+-hydrolyzing enzyme families. Most Pseudomonas syringae strains that depend on the type III secretion system to cause disease, encode at least one NAD+-manipulating T3E, and many have several. We experimentally confirmed the type III-dependent secretion of a novel T3E, named HopBY, which shows structural similarity to both TIR and adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPR) cyclase. Homologs of HopBY were predicted to be type VI effectors in diverse bacterial species, indicating potential recruitment of this activity by microbial proteins secreted during various interspecies interactions. HopBY efficiently hydrolyzes NAD+ and specifically produces 2′cADPR, which can also be produced by TIR immune receptors of plants and by other bacteria. Intriguingly, this effector promoted bacterial virulence, indicating that 2′cADPR may not be the signaling molecule that directly initiates immunity. This study highlights a host-pathogen battleground centered around NAD+ metabolism and provides insight into the NAD+-derived molecules involved in plant immunity.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: W.M. and J.D.G.J. are supported by Gatsby Charitable Foundation and UKRI BBSRC Grant BBS/E/J/000PR9797.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	host-pathogen arms race,immune signaling,type iii effectors,general ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > The Sainsbury Laboratory Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2023 09:30
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 00:01
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91272
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.2217114120

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