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ArticleMolecular plant pathology2018

Peptidoglycan hydrolysis mediated by the amidase AmiC and its LytM activator NlpD is critical for cell separation and virulence in the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris.

Li-Chao Yang, Yong-Liang Gan, Li-Yan Yang, Bo-Le Jiang, Ji-Liang Tang

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Article in Molecular plant pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li-Chao YangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Yong-Liang GanState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Li-Yan YangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Bo-Le JiangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Ji-Liang TangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Guangxi University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The essential stages of bacterial cell separation are described as the synthesis and hydrolysis of septal peptidoglycan (PG). The amidase, AmiC, which cleaves the peptide side-chains linked to the glycan strands, contributes critically to this process and has been studied extensively in model strains of Escherichia coli. However, insights into the contribution of this protein to other processes in the bacterial cell have been limited. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is a phytopathogen that causes black rot disease in many economically important plants. We investigated how AmiC and LytM family regulators, NlpD and EnvC, contribute to virulence and cell separation in this organism. Biochemical analyses of purified AmiC demonstrated that it could hydrolyse PG and its activity could be potentiated by the presence of the regulator NlpD. We also established that deletion of the genes encoding amiC1 or nlpD led to a reduction in virulence as well as effects on colony-forming units and cell morphology. Moreover, further genetic and biochemical evidence showed that AmiC1 and NlpD affect the secretion of type III effector XC3176 and hypersensitive response (HR) induction in planta. These findings indicate that, in addition to their well-studied role(s) in cell separation, AmiC and NlpD make an important contribution to the type III secretion (T3S) and virulence regulation in this important plant pathogen.

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AmidohydrolasesHydrolysisPeptidoglycanVirulenceXanthomonas campestrisamidaseAmidohydrolasesPeptidoglycanamidasecell separationLytM proteinpeptidoglycan hydrolysisT3SSvirulenceXanthomonas

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