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Detoxification of α-tomatine by Cladosporium fulvum is required for full virulence on tomato.
The New phytologist - 1 Jun 2013
Ökmen Bilal, Etalo Desalegn W, Joosten Matthieu H A J, Bouwmeester Harro J, de Vos Ric C H, Collemare Jérôme, de Wit Pierre J G M
Abstract excerpt
· α-Tomatine is an antifungal glycoalkaloid that provides basal defense to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). However, tomato pathogens overcome this basal defense barrier by the secretion of tomatinases that degrade α-tomatine into the less fungitoxic compounds β-tomatine and tomatidine. Although pathogenic on tomato, it has been reported that the biotrophic fungus Cladosporium fulvum is unable to detoxify...
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