Neftaly Cruz-Mireles

TL;DR: It is shown that PexRD54, an effector from the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, binds host autophagy protein ATG8CL to stimulate autophagosome formation and depletes the autophagic cargo receptor Joka2 out of ATG 8CL complexes and interferes with Joka1's positive effect on pathogen defense.

TL;DR: The state of the art on elicitins is summarized by describing what it is considered to be the nine most important features of elicitin biology.

TL;DR: The histidine–aspartate kinase Sln1 acts as a molecular sensor of turgor in appressoria of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, enabling penetration of the host leaf cuticle and plant infection.

TL;DR: A comprehensive protein–protein interaction resource is described, obtained using in planta immunoprecipitation followed by mass spectrometry (MS), to define the potato ATG8 interactome, and findings are consistent with the view that ATg8 isoforms comprise a layer of specificity in the regulation of selective autophagy pathways in plants.

TL;DR: This work has revealed that two species of Albugo upregulate genes associated with tryptophan-derived antimicrobial metabolites in Arabidopsis and contribute to suppression of non-host resistance to P. infestans.