| Literature DB >> 21301220 |
Farnusch Kaschani1, Renier A L Van der Hoorn.
Abstract
The oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans secretes cystatin-like effector proteins (EPICs) that inhibit secreted host proteases during infection. We recently found that the C14 protease is a relevant target of EPICs and that this protease is under diversifying selection in wild potato species with which P. infestans has coevolved. Here we generated a model of the EPIC-C14 complex based on cystatin-papain crystal structures and discovered three regions where variant residues in C14 might be the result of an arms race between enzyme and inhibitor at the plant-pathogen interface.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21301220 PMCID: PMC3122019 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.1.14190
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Signal Behav ISSN: 1559-2316