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A bacterial effector counteracts host autophagy by promoting degradation of an autophagy component


ABSTRACT: Beyond its role in cellular homeostasis, autophagy plays anti- and pro-microbial roles in host-microbe interactions, both in animals and plants. One prominent role of anti-microbial autophagy is to degrade intracellular pathogens or microbial molecules, in a process termed xenophagy. Consequently, microbes evolved mechanisms to hijack or modulate autophagy to escape elimination. Although well-described in animals, the extent to which xenophagy contributes to plant-bacteria interactions remains unknown. Here, we provide evidence that Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (Xcv) suppresses host autophagy by utilizing type-III effector XopL. XopL interacts with and degrades the autophagy component SH3P2 via its E3 ligase activity to promote infection. Intriguingly, XopL is targeted for degradation by defense-related selective autophagy mediated by NBR1/Joka2, revealing a complex antagonistic interplay between XopL and the host autophagy machinery. Our results implicate plant antimicrobial autophagy in depletion of a bacterial virulence factor and unravels an unprecedented pathogen strategy to counteract defense-related autophagy in plant-bacteria interactions.

SUBMITTER: Jia, Xuan Leong 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-EMBOJ-2021-110352P | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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