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ArticleNature communications2024

Alternative splicing regulation in plants by SP7-like effectors from symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Ruben Betz, Sven Heidt, David Figueira-Galán, Meike Hartmann, Thorsten Langner, Natalia Requena

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ruben Betz *Joseph Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences. Molecular Phytopathology Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4928-6519
Sven Heidt *Joseph Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences. Molecular Phytopathology Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, Karlsruhe, Germany.
David Figueira-GalánJoseph Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences. Molecular Phytopathology Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3965-1460
Meike HartmannJoseph Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences. Molecular Phytopathology Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Thorsten LangnerMax Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen - Max-Planck-Ring 5, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3401-8888
Natalia RequenaJoseph Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences. Molecular Phytopathology Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, Karlsruhe, Germany. natalia.requena@kit.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5406-0015

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most plants in natural ecosystems associate with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to survive soil nutrient limitations. To engage in symbiosis, AM fungi secrete effector molecules that, similar to pathogenic effectors, reprogram plant cells. Here we show that the Glomeromycotina-specific SP7 effector family impacts on the alternative splicing program of their hosts. SP7-like effectors localize at nuclear condensates and interact with the plant mRNA processing machinery, most prominently with the splicing factor SR45 and the core splicing proteins U1-70K and U2AF35. Ectopic expression of these effectors in the crop plant potato and in Arabidopsis induced developmental changes that paralleled to the alternative splicing modulation of a specific subset of genes. We propose that SP7-like proteins act as negative regulators of SR45 to modulate the fate of specific mRNAs in arbuscule-containing cells. Unraveling the communication mechanisms between symbiotic fungi and their host plants will help to identify targets to improve plant nutrition.

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Alternative SplicingArabidopsisGene Expression Regulation, PlantMycorrhizaeSymbiosisFungal ProteinsGlomeromycotaPlant ProteinsRNA, MessengerFungal ProteinsPlant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID39160162
PMCPMC11333574

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