Project description:The oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae causes root rot of soybean. During infection, the pathogen is thought to deliver dozens, if not hundreds, of effector proteins into the host to manipulate intracellular systems. Although these pathogen proteins often exhibit similar N-terminal delivery domains, the remaining effector region is rarely homologous to known protein domains, making it difficult to predict its biochemical function during infection. As a complement to studies in the natural host, Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been successfully used as a model system to explore the biochemical function of individual pathogen effectors. The presumption is that many effectors target conserved eukaryotic pathways in the host and consequently the expression of effectors in yeast will confer corresponding phenotypes. Indeed, putative effector functions identified using yeast functional genomic approaches have subsequently been validated in the natural host. Over-expression of the Phytophthora sojae effector Avh110 (PsAvh110) inhibits the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suggesting that the effector targets a biological pathway conserved with plants. In this study, the transcriptome of yeast expressing PsAvh110 or an empty vector were compared to examine the global transcriptional response, in hopes of discerning the effector's biochemical target.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling of yeast strains responding to 0.7M NaCl treatment for 30 or 60 minutes. This study identified affected genes under both conditions tested. Transcript and protein changes were compared to determine mRNAs contribution to protein levels during salt acclimation.
Project description:The expression of plant defensins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been shown to increase tolerance to Zn of yeast (Mirouze et al., 2006; Shahzad et al., 2013). The present transcriptomic approach has been conducted to uncover the mechanism underlying this phenotype. WT yeast was compared to yeast expressing the AhPFF1.1b plant defensin when grown in both control medium and medium supplemented with 20 mM ZnSO4. 4 conditions with 2 biological replicates compared: control yeast (BY4741) grown on control medium, control yeast grown in the presence of 20 mM ZnSO4, yeast expressing the AhPDF1.1b defensin grown in control medium, yeast expressing the AhPDF1.1b defensin grown in the presence of 20 mM ZnSO4
Project description:The expression of plant defensins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been shown to increase tolerance to Zn of yeast (Mirouze et al., 2006; Shahzad et al., 2013). The present transcriptomic approach has been conducted to uncover the mechanism underlying this phenotype. WT yeast was compared to yeast expressing the AhPFF1.1b plant defensin when grown in both control medium and medium supplemented with 20 mM ZnSO4.
Project description:Transcriptomic study to characterize the interaction of the Penicillium expansum antifungal protein PeAfpA with the the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. For this, the transcriptome of S. cerevisiae BY4741 strain was compared among samples treated with increasing concentrations of PeAfpA.
