Article
Xanthomonas campestris attenuates virulence by sensing light through a bacteriophytochrome photoreceptor.
EMBO reports - 1 Nov 2016
Bonomi Hernán R, Toum Laila, Sycz Gabriela, Sieira Rodrigo, Toscani Andrés M, Gudesblat Gustavo E, Leskow Federico C, Goldbaum Fernando A, Vojnov Adrián A, Malamud Florencia
Abstract excerpt
Phytochromes constitute a major photoreceptor family found in plants, algae, fungi, and prokaryotes, including pathogens. Here, we report that Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), the causal agent of black rot disease which affects cruciferous crops worldwide, codes for a functional bacteriophytochrome (XccBphP). XccBphP possesses an N-terminal PAS2-GAF-PHY photosensory domain triad and a C-terminal PAS9...
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