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SUBMITTER: van den Bosch TJM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7036374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van den Bosch Tijs J M TJM Niemi Outi O Welte Cornelia U CU
Molecular plant pathology 20191224 3
Plants of the Brassicales order, including Arabidopsis and many common vegetables, produce toxic isothiocyanates to defend themselves against pathogens. Despite this defence, plant pathogenic microorganisms like Pectobacterium cause large yield losses in fields and during storage of crops. The bacterial gene saxA was previously found to encode isothiocyanate hydrolase that degrades isothiocyanates in vitro. Here we demonstrate in planta that saxA is a virulence factor that can overcome the chemi ...[more]