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SUBMITTER: Lima Silva CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405950 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lima Silva Caio Cesar de CC Shimo Hugo Massayoshi HM de Felício Rafael R Mercaldi Gustavo Fernando GF Rocco Silvana Aparecida SA Benedetti Celso Eduardo CE
Scientific reports 20190307 1
Salicylic acid (SA) and its methyl ester, methyl salicylate (MeSA) are well known inducers of local and systemic plant defense responses, respectively. MeSA is a major mediator of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and its conversion back into SA is thought to be required for SAR. In many plant species, conversion of MeSA into SA is mediated by MeSA esterases of the SABP2 family. Here we show that the Citrus sinensis SABP2 homologue protein CsMES1 catalyzes the hydrolysis of MeSA into SA. Molecu ...[more]