5 results on '"Pereira, Isadora Cristófoli"'
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2. Comprehensive prediction of plant cytoplasmic and apoplastic effectors underlying Erwinia psidii pathogenicity.
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Alves, Francisco Henrique Nunes da Silva, Pereira, Isadora Cristófoli, dos Santos, Samuel Alves, Monteiro, Ana Leticia Rocha, Vidigal, Pedro Marcus Pereira, Alfenas, Acelino Couto, and Badel, Jorge Luis
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ERWINIA , *ERWINIA amylovora , *CELL nuclei , *PLANT diseases , *HOST plants - Abstract
Erwinia psidii (Eps) is the causal agent of emerging diseases of eucalypt and guava; however, the mechanisms underlying its pathogenicity are not fully understood. Here, we predicted factors involved in the ability of Eps to cause disease on its host plants. For that, the genomes of four Eps strains exhibiting different virulence on eucalypt were sequenced, and hrp/hrc genes coding for the type III secretion system (T3SS), effectors injected into the plant cell cytoplasm through the T3SS (T3SEs) and their plant subcellular localizations, as well as proteins deployed to the host apoplast, were predicted. It was found that Eps possesses a complete hrp/hrc gene cluster based on comparison with Erwinia amylovora. A total of 18 T3SEs were predicted, 11 of which were shared among all strains, none were exclusive to any strain and seven were absent in at least one strain. No sequence variation among strains was found for five T3SE candidates whereas extensive variation was found for six, suggesting the latter may be determinants of virulence differences. The T3SE candidates are predicted to target the plant cell nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, chloroplast and peroxisome. The predicted apoplastic effector repertoire common to all four strains was over‐represented in proteins of unknown functions or predicted to possess enzymatic activities, among which the most abundant were oxidoreductases and peptidases. Proteins with lytic transglycosylase activity were predicted in strain‐specific apoplastic effector repertoires. These results provide an important framework for future research aimed at uncovering the factors underlying Eps pathogenicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Genomic variability and plasticity of Pseudomonas causing coffee leaf spots in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
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Alves, Francisco Henrique Nunes da Silva, primary, Monteiro, Ana Leticia Rocha, additional, Pereira, Isadora Cristófoli, additional, Silva, José Cleydson Ferreira, additional, Almeida, Renan N. D., additional, McTavish, Kathryn J., additional, Guttman, David S., additional, Raimundi, Melina Korres, additional, Souza, Ricardo Magela, additional, Resende, Mario Lucio Vilela, additional, and Badel, Jorge Luis, additional
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- 2021
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4. Genomic variability and plasticity of Pseudomonas causing coffee leaf spots in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
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Alves, Francisco Henrique Nunes da Silva, Monteiro, Ana Leticia Rocha, Pereira, Isadora Cristófoli, da Silva, José Cleydson Ferreira, Almeida, Renan N. D., McTavish, Kathryn J., Guttman, David S., Raimundi, Melina Korres, de Souza, Ricardo Magela, de Resende, Mario Lucio Vilela, and Badel, Jorge Luis
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LEAF spots ,PSEUDOMONAS ,PSEUDOMONAS syringae ,MIXED infections ,COFFEE beans ,COFFEE ,GENE clusters - Abstract
Foliar spots caused by Pseudomonas coronafaciens pv. garcae (Pcg), Pseudomonas amygdali pv. tabaci (Pat) and Pseudomonas cichorii (Pch) are major bacterial diseases that can reduce coffee production. However, little is known about the genetic diversity and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity to coffee plants of these bacteria. In this study, genome sequences of Pcg, Pat and Pch strains isolated from coffee plants in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, were used to assess their variability and plasticity, and compare their type III secretion system (T3SS) and apoplastic effector repertoires as well as tabtoxin biosynthetic/detoxification genes. Genomic diversity was found for all three phytopathogens, among which Pch possesses the highest number of exclusive proteins. The Pcg genome is the most stable whereas that of Pch is the most plastic, which is related to their host ranges. When compared with those of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, hrp/hrc gene sequences are more conserved in Pcg and Pat than in Pch, which also possesses the smallest T3SS and the largest apoplastic effector repertoires. The only T3SS effector family common to all three pathogens is AvrE, suggesting that, as for other plant–Pseudomonas interactions, it may play a crucial role for pathogenicity towards coffee plants. Apoplastic proteins associated with maintaining the redox balance and degrading proteins/peptides not previously described as important in plant–bacteria interactions were found. Gain/loss of the tabtoxin biosynthetic cluster with retention of the antitoxin gene was observed, indicating that tabtoxin production is not a limiting factor for the occurrence of mixed infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Análise evolutiva dos genes de patogenicidade de Erwinia psidii infectando Eucalyptus spp
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Pereira, Isadora Cristófoli, Alfenas, Acelino Couto, and Pacheco, Jorge Luis Badel
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Erwinia psidii ,Goiaba ,Fitopatologia ,Eucalipto ,Secreção - Abstract
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Erwinia psidii é uma bactéria Gram-negativa que ameça tanto a produção de goiaba quanto a de eucalipto. Apesar da importância de ambas as culturas para a economia brasileira, pouco se conhece sobre os mecanismos de patogenicidade desta bactéria. Sendo assim, neste estudo abordagens de bioinformática foram aplicadas para a determinação da composição gênica do cluster hrp/hrc de E. psidii, o qual codifica para o sistema de secreção de tipo III, bastante reconhecido por sua importância para a patogenicidade de muitas bactérias Gram-negativas fitopatogênicas. Utilizou-se métodos de bioinformática também para a predição do repertório de efetores, tanto do tipo II quanto do tipo III, de E. psidii. Adicionalmente, realizou-se análises evolutivas com base na sequência destes candidatos a efetores do tipo III, a fim de determinar como a patogenicidade desta espécie bacteriana evoluiu com o decorrer do tempo. Neste estudo, caracterizou-se a composição gênica do cluster hrp/hrc de E. psidii com base na comparação com o os genes hrp/hrc de outras bactérias pertencentes a família Enterobacteriaceae, bem como identificou-se 11 proteínas candidatas a efetoras do tipo III, dentre elas DspA/E e Eop1, duas importantes proteínas efetoras de E. amylovora, espécie filogeneticamente próxima a E. psidii. Curiosamente, estas duas proteínas candidatas a efetoras, parecem ter sido adquiridas por E. psidii através de transferência horizontal de genes entre espécies do gênero Erwinia e Pantoea. Adicionalmente, identificou- se 47 proteínas candidatas a efetoras do tipo II, sendo a maioria descrita com ação enzimática, tanto com atividade hidrolítica como não hidrolítica. Estes resultados fornecem relevante conhecimento para futuras análises in vivo, podendo estas serem baseadas na construção de estirpes mutantes e caracterização funcional destes candidatos a efetores durante a interação planta-bactéria. Erwinia psidii is a Gram-negative bacterium that threatens both guava and eucalypt production. Despite the importance of both trees to the Brazilian economy, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this bacterium pathogenicity. Thus, in this study we used bioinformatic approaches to determine the gene composition of the hrp/hrc cluster of E. psidii, which encodes for the Type III secretion system, a well-known apparatus for its importance to the pathogenicity of many plant pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. Computational methods were also used to predict both type II and III effector protein repertoires of E. psidii. In addition, evolutionary analyses were performed for the candidate type III effector proteins, in order to gain a better understanding on how this bacterium pathogenicity system evolved over time. Here, we characterized and compared the gene composition of E. psidii hrp/hrc cluster with those of other Enterobacteriaceae, and predicted 11 type III effector proteins, two of which, DspA/E and Eop1, are known important effector proteins secreted by the closely related species E. amylovora. Interestingly, these two candidate type III effectors seem to have been acquired by E. psidii through horizontal gene transfer between Erwinia and Pantoea species. Also, we identified 47 candidate type II effector proteins, most of which were annotated as enzymes, with hydrolytic or non- hydrolytic activities. These results provide important knowledge for further in vivo analysis, through construction of mutant strains and functional characterization of the effector candidates during plant-bacteria interactions.
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- 2019
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