The Role of Proteases in the Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Department of General and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(3), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030672
Received: 21 December 2018 / Revised: 30 January 2019 / Accepted: 2 February 2019 / Published: 4 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Enzymes)
A pathogenic lifestyle is inextricably linked with the constant necessity of facing various challenges exerted by the external environment (both within and outside the host). To successfully colonize the host and establish infection, pathogens have evolved sophisticated systems to combat the host defense mechanisms and also to be able to withstand adverse environmental conditions. Proteases, as crucial components of these systems, are involved in a variety of processes associated with infection. In phytopathogenic bacteria, they play important regulatory roles and modulate the expression and functioning of various virulence factors. Secretory proteases directly help avoid recognition by the plant immune systems, and contribute to the deactivation of the defense response pathways. Finally, proteases are important components of protein quality control systems, and thus enable maintaining homeostasis in stressed bacterial cells. In this review, we discuss the known protease functions and protease-regulated signaling processes associated with virulence of plant pathogenic bacteria.
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Keywords:
plant pathogenic bacteria; bacterial virulence; regulatory proteolysis; extracellular proteases; effector proteases; T3SS
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Figaj, D.; Ambroziak, P.; Przepiora, T.; Skorko-Glonek, J. The Role of Proteases in the Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030672
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Figaj D, Ambroziak P, Przepiora T, Skorko-Glonek J. The Role of Proteases in the Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(3):672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030672
Chicago/Turabian StyleFigaj, Donata; Ambroziak, Patrycja; Przepiora, Tomasz; Skorko-Glonek, Joanna. 2019. "The Role of Proteases in the Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria" Int. J. Mol. Sci. 20, no. 3: 672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030672
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