Secretory Peptides as Bullets: Effector Peptides from Pathogens against Antimicrobial Peptides from Soybean

Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 5;21(23):9294. doi: 10.3390/ijms21239294.

Abstract

Soybean is an important crop as both human food and animal feed. However, the yield of soybean is heavily impacted by biotic stresses including insect attack and pathogen infection. Insect bites usually make the plants vulnerable to pathogen infection, which causes diseases. Fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes are major soybean pathogens. The infection by pathogens and the defenses mounted by soybean are an interactive and dynamic process. Using fungi, oomycetes, and bacteria as examples, we will discuss the recognition of pathogens by soybean at the molecular level. In this review, we will discuss both the secretory peptides for soybean plant infection and those for pathogen inhibition. Pathogenic secretory peptides and peptides secreted by soybean and its associated microbes will be included. We will also explore the possible use of externally applied antimicrobial peptides identical to those secreted by soybean and its associated microbes as biopesticides.

Keywords: antimicrobial; biopesticide; effector; endophyte; pathogen; rhizospheric microbe; secretory peptide; signaling; soybean.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Monophosphate / biosynthesis
  • Animals
  • Antibiosis
  • Bacteria
  • Biological Control Agents / chemistry
  • Biological Control Agents / pharmacology
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / metabolism
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Disease Resistance
  • Endophytes
  • Fungi / physiology
  • Glycine max / chemistry
  • Glycine max / immunology
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate
  • Oomycetes
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Peptides / pharmacology*
  • Plant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / pharmacology
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins / chemistry
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins / pharmacology
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Virulence
  • Viruses

Substances

  • Biological Control Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Peptides
  • Plant Proteins
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
  • Adenosine Monophosphate