SWEET genes and TAL effectors for disease resistance in plants: Present status and future prospects.

ABSTRACT: SWEET genes encode sugar transporter proteins and often function as susceptibility (S) genes. Consequently, the recessive alleles of these SWEET genes provide resistance. This review summarizes the available literature on the molecular basis of the role of SWEET genes (as S genes) in the host and corresponding transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) secreted by the pathogen. The review has four major sections, which follow a brief introduction: The first part gives some details about the occurrence and evolution of SWEET genes in approximately 30 plant species; the second part gives some details about systems where (a) SWEET genes with and without TALEs and (b) TALEs without SWEET genes cause different diseases; the third part summarizes the available information about TALEs along w

SUBMITTER: Gupta PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature