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A Phytophthora palmivora Extracellular Cystatin-Like Protease Inhibitor Targets Papain to Contribute to Virulence on Papaya.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2018
Gumtow Rebecca, Wu Dongliang, Uchida Janice, Tian Miaoying
Abstract excerpt
Papaya fruits, stems, and leaves are rich in papain, a cysteine protease that has been shown to mediate plant defense against pathogens and insects. Yet the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora is a destructive pathogen that infects all parts of papaya plants, suggesting that it has evolved cysteine protease inhibitors to inhibit papain to enable successful infection. Out of five putative extracellular cystatin-like...
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