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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The structures of the four wall-released elicitor fractions isolated from the Phytophthora megasperma var. sojae mycelial walls have been examined. The results demonstrate that fraction I is primarily composed of a branched beta-1,3-glucan, similar in structure to the extracellular elicitors described previously (Ayers, A., J. Ebel, F. Finelli, N. Burger, and P. Albersheim. 1976. Plant Physiol. 57: 751-759). Fractions II and IV are primarily composed of a highly branched mannan-containing glycoprotein, with fraction IV richer in protein than fraction II. Fraction III contains, attached to protein, a mixture of the two polysaccharide types found in fraction I and in fractions II and IV. The structural data presented here, in concert with the biological data presented in the previous two papers (Ayers et al. 1976. Plant Physiol. 57: 751-759; 760-765), demonstrate that the only compound produced by P. megasperma var. sojae which contains elicitor activity is the glucan. Evidence is presented that the terminal glycosyl residues of the glucan are required for elicitor activity. In addition, it is demonstrated that 90% of the glucan can be removed enzymically without any loss of biological activity. The active residue of the enzymic digestion is a highly branched 3- and 3,6-linked glucan containing about 4% mannosyl residues. The results presented suggest that the mannosyl residues of the glucan, which represent only about 1% of the undegraded glucan, are likely to participate in the active site of this molecule. The role of elicitors and phytoalexins in host-pathogen interactions is discussed. Evidence for the existence of and possible identity of another factor, which determines race specificity of host-pathogen interactions, is summarized.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0032-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
766-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Host-Pathogen Interactions: XI. Composition and Structure of Wall-released Elicitor Fractions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article