Elucidating the function of mycorrhizal-induced Kunitz protease inhibitors and characterization of their putative target proteases in Medicago truncatula

Hirsch, Stefanie S.

Elucidating the function of mycorrhizal-induced Kunitz protease inhibitors and characterization of their putative target proteases in Medicago truncatula - KIT Scientific Publishing 2014 - 1 electronic resource (XVI, 169 p. p.)

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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.


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KSP/1000038422 9783731501756

10.5445/KSP/1000038422 doi

Arbuskuläre Mykorrhiza Kunitz Protease Inhibitor arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis plant-microbe interaction Symbiose Kunitz protease inhibitor Pflanzen-Mikroben Interaktion