Abstract

Plants use autophagy to safeguard against infectious diseases. However, how plant pathogens interfere with autophagy related processes is unknown. Here we show that PexRD54, an effector from the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, binds host autophagy protein ATG8CL to stimulate autophagosome formation. PexRD54 depletes the autophagy cargo receptor Joka2 out of ATG8CL complexes and interferes with Joka2's positive effect on pathogen defense. Thus a plant pathogen effector has evolved to antagonize a host autophagy cargo receptor in order to counteract host defenses.

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  1. Yasin F Dagdas

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  2. Khaoula Belhaj

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  3. Abbas Maqbool

    Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  4. Angela Chaparro-Garcia

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  5. Pooja Pandey

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Benjamin Petre

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  7. Nadra Tabassum

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  8. Neftaly Cruz-Mireles

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  9. Richard K Hughes

    Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  10. Jan Sklenar

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  13. Kim Findlay

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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    Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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  16. Tolga O Bozkurt

    The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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© 2016, Dagdas et al.

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  1. Yasin F Dagdas
  2. Khaoula Belhaj
  3. Abbas Maqbool
  4. Angela Chaparro-Garcia
  5. Pooja Pandey
  6. Benjamin Petre
  7. Nadra Tabassum
  8. Neftaly Cruz-Mireles
  9. Richard K Hughes
  10. Jan Sklenar
  11. Joe Win
  12. Frank Menke
  13. Kim Findlay
  14. Mark J Banfield
  15. Sophien Kamoun
  16. Tolga O Bozkurt
(2016)
An effector of the Irish potato famine pathogen antagonizes a host autophagy cargo receptor
eLife 5:e10856.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10856

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