A Fight between Plants and Pathogens for the Control of Chloroplasts

Dong Wook Lee; Inhwan Hwang

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2020.08.006

A Fight between Plants and Pathogens for the Control of Chloroplasts

Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Sep 9;28(3):351-352. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.08.006.

Authors

Dong Wook Lee¹, Inhwan Hwang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea; Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
² Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32910915
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.08.006

Abstract

Chloroplasts are the home of innumerable metabolic pathways for plant growth and environmental responses. Recently, in an issue of Cell, Medina-Puche et al. revealed a novel mechanism by which plant pathogens dampened host defense responses, orchestrated from chloroplasts. This mechanism encompassing the plasma membrane and chloroplasts has likely been established via host-pathogen co-evolution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Chloroplasts*
Plants*