The plant apoplasm is an important recipient compartment for nematode secreted proteins.

ABSTRACT: Similarly to microbial pathogens, plant-parasitic nematodes secrete into their host plants proteins that are essential to establish a functional interaction. Identifying the destination of nematode secreted proteins within plant cell compartment(s) will provide compelling clues on their molecular functions. Here the fine localization of five nematode secreted proteins was analysed throughout parasitism in Arabidopsis thaliana. An immunocytochemical method was developed that preserves both the host and the pathogen tissues, allowing the localization of nematode secreted proteins within both organisms. One secreted protein from the amphids and three secreted proteins from the subventral oesophageal glands involved in protein degradation and cell wall modification were secreted in the apoplas

SUBMITTER: Vieira P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022405 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature