{"title":"RD21-like proteases: key effector hubs in plant-pathogen interactions.","authors":"Jie Huang, Renier A L van der Hoorn","doi":"10.1093/jxb/erae496","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past decades, numerous studies have demonstrated that proteases serve as a crucial regulatory mechanism in controlling plant immunity. In this review, we specifically focus on the role of one subfamily of RD21-like papain-like cysteine proteases that carry a C-terminal granulin domain. These proteases share high homology but have been described under very different names in different plant species. We provide a comprehensive overview of the background, endogenous regulation, and subcellular localization of RD21-like proteases in plants. Notably, RD21-like proteases act in immunity against various pathogens and they are targeted by many unrelated pathogen-secreted effectors that inactivate, mislocalise or degrade RD21-like proteases. We highlight open questions and strategies to use this knowledge to develop innovative strategies for crop protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":15820,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Experimental Botany","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae496","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PLANT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Over the past decades, numerous studies have demonstrated that proteases serve as a crucial regulatory mechanism in controlling plant immunity. In this review, we specifically focus on the role of one subfamily of RD21-like papain-like cysteine proteases that carry a C-terminal granulin domain. These proteases share high homology but have been described under very different names in different plant species. We provide a comprehensive overview of the background, endogenous regulation, and subcellular localization of RD21-like proteases in plants. Notably, RD21-like proteases act in immunity against various pathogens and they are targeted by many unrelated pathogen-secreted effectors that inactivate, mislocalise or degrade RD21-like proteases. We highlight open questions and strategies to use this knowledge to develop innovative strategies for crop protection.
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The Journal of Experimental Botany publishes high-quality primary research and review papers in the plant sciences. These papers cover a range of disciplines from molecular and cellular physiology and biochemistry through whole plant physiology to community physiology.
Full-length primary papers should contribute to our understanding of how plants develop and function, and should provide new insights into biological processes. The journal will not publish purely descriptive papers or papers that report a well-known process in a species in which the process has not been identified previously. Articles should be concise and generally limited to 10 printed pages.