Requirement for either a host- or pectin-induced pectate lyase for infection of pisum sativum by nectriahematococca.
AuthorsRogers LM, Kim YK, Guo W, Gonzalez-Candelas L, Li D, Kolattukudy PE
JournalProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID10931947
Fungal pathogens usually have multiple genes that encode extracellular hydrolytic enzymes that may degrade the physical barriers in their hosts during the invasion process. Nectria hematococca, a plant pathogen, has two inducible pectate lyase (PL) genes (pel) encoding PL that can help degrade the carbohydrate barrier in the host. pelA ... More