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ArticlePlanta2021

A family of pathogen-induced cysteine-rich transmembrane proteins is involved in plant disease resistance.

Marciel Pereira Mendes, Richard Hickman, Marcel C Van Verk, Nicole M Nieuwendijk, Anja Reinstädler, Ralph Panstruga, Corné M J Pieterse, Saskia C M Van Wees

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Article in Planta, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marciel Pereira MendesPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7301-9202
Richard HickmanPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-7740
Marcel C Van VerkPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-8822
Nicole M NieuwendijkPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-5946
Anja ReinstädlerInstitute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52056, Aachen, Germany.
Ralph PanstrugaInstitute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52056, Aachen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3756-8957
Corné M J PietersePlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-4646
Saskia C M Van WeesPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 800.56, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands. s.vanwees@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-7271
Utrecht University · NLRWTH Aachen University · DE

Funding

European Research Council Grant 269072Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VENI 13682Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NL) VIDI 11281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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conclusionOverexpression of pathogen-induced cysteine-rich transmembrane proteins (PCMs) in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances resistance against biotrophic pathogens and stimulates hypocotyl growth, suggesting a potential role for PCMs in connecting both biological processes. Plants possess a sophisticated immune system to protect themselves against pathogen attack. The defense hormone salicylic acid (SA) is an important player in the plant immune gene regulatory network. Using RNA-seq time series data of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves treated with SA, we identified a largely uncharacterized SA-responsive gene family of eight members that are all activated in response to various pathogens or their immune elicitors and encode small proteins with cysteine-rich transmembrane domains. Based on their nucleotide similarity and chromosomal position, the designated Pathogen-induced Cysteine-rich transMembrane protein (PCM) genes were subdivided into three subgroups consisting of PCM1-3 (subgroup I), PCM4-6 (subgroup II), and PCM7-8 (subgroup III). Of the PCM genes, only PCM4 (also known as PCC1) has previously been implicated in plant immunity. Transient expression assays in Nicotiana benthamiana indicated that most PCM proteins localize to the plasma membrane. Ectopic overexpression of the PCMs in Arabidopsis thaliana resulted in all eight cases in enhanced resistance against the biotrophic oomycete pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Noco2. Additionally, overexpression of PCM subgroup I genes conferred enhanced resistance to the hemi-biotrophic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. The PCM-overexpression lines were found to be also affected in the expression of genes related to light signaling and development, and accordingly, PCM-overexpressing seedlings displayed elongated hypocotyl growth. These results point to a function of PCMs in both disease resistance and photomorphogenesis, connecting both biological processes, possibly via effects on membrane structure or activity of interacting proteins at the plasma membrane.

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Arabidopsis ProteinsDisease ResistanceCysteineGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant DiseasesPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPseudomonas syringaeSalicylic AcidArabidopsis ProteinsCysteinePlant ProteinsSalicylic AcidBiotrophic pathogensComparative genomicsImmunityLight responsesPeptidesSalicylic acid

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PMID33856567
PMCPMC8049917
OpenAlexW3153081400

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