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The Contribution of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes to Pathogenesis of Fungal Plant Pathogens

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Agricultural Applications

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 11))

Abstract

The plant cell wall functions as a barrier to biotic and abiotic agents. Plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi produce cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) which are believed to degrade this barrier, thereby facilitating both inter- and intracellular growth and providing nutrients to the invader. A pectate lyase from the bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi was the first CWDE that was shown to be required for full virulence (Roeder and Colmer 1985). Subsequent molecular genetic studies have shown that many other bacterial CWDEs are virulence factors (reviewed by Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat et al. 1996). It took many years before similar evidence was obtained for the involvement of fungal CWDEs in pathogenesis, in spite of several efforts (reviewed by Walton 1994; Annis and Goodwin 1997). Eventually, an endopolygalacturonase from Aspergillus fiavus was shown to play a role in the invasion of cotton bolls (Shieh et al. 1997).

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    Arjen ten Have & Jan A. L. van Kan

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  3. Laboratory of Microbiology, section Fungal Genomics, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 2, 6703 HA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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ten Have, A., Tenberge, K.B., Benen, J.A.E., Tudzynski, P., Visser, J., van Kan, J.A.L. (2002). The Contribution of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes to Pathogenesis of Fungal Plant Pathogens. In: Kempken, F. (eds) Agricultural Applications. The Mycota, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03059-2_17

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