TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wawra, Stephan
A1  - Fesel, Philipp
A1  - Widmer, Heidi
A1  - Timm, Malte
A1  - Seibel, Jürgen
A1  - Leson, Lisa
A1  - Kesseler, Leona
A1  - Nostadt, Robin
A1  - Hilbert, Magdalena
A1  - Langen, Gregor
A1  - Zuccaro, Alga
T1  - The fungal-specific beta-glucan-binding lectin FGB1 alters cell-wall composition and suppresses glucan-triggered immunity in plants
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - β-glucans are well-known modulators of the immune system in mammals but little is known about β-glucan triggered immunity in planta. Here we show by isothermal titration calorimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy that the FGB1 gene from the root endophyte Piriformospora indica encodes for a secreted fungal-specific β-glucan-binding lectin with dual function. This lectin has the potential to both alter fungal cell wall composition and properties, and to efficiently suppress β-glucan-triggered immunity in different plant hosts, such as Arabidopsis, barley and Nicotiana benthamiana. Our results hint at the existence of fungal effectors that deregulate innate sensing of β-glucan in plants.
KW  - Effectors in plant pathology
KW  - Fungal host response
KW  - Lectins
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165945
VL  - 7
ER  -