Elucidating the function of mycorrhizal-induced Kunitz protease inhibitors and characterization of their putative target proteases in Medicago truncatula
Abstract
Most terrestrial plants live in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In this study, a mycorrhizal-induced gene family of Medicago truncatula encoding putative Kunitz protease inhibitors was functionally characterized by means of biomolecular, biochemical, microscopical and in silico methods. Their putative target proteases were identified among a clan of serine carboxypeptidases. Results suggest that both protein families work functionally together to control mycorrhizal establishment.
Keywords
Arbuskuläre Mykorrhiza; Kunitz Protease Inhibitor; arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; plant-microbe interaction; Symbiose; Kunitz protease inhibitor; Pflanzen-Mikroben InteraktionISBN
9783731501756Publisher
KIT Scientific PublishingPublisher website
http://www.ksp.kit.edu/Publication date and place
2014Classification
Biology, life sciences