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The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance
Sulfur (S) is an essential plant macronutrient and the pivotal role of sulfur compounds in plant disease resistance has become obvious in recent decades. This review attempts to recapitulate results on the various functions of sulfur-containing defense compounds (SDCs) in plant defense responses to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33287437 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9121705 |
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author | Künstler, András Gullner, Gábor Ádám, Attila L. Kolozsváriné Nagy, Judit Király, Lóránt |
author_facet | Künstler, András Gullner, Gábor Ádám, Attila L. Kolozsváriné Nagy, Judit Király, Lóránt |
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description | Sulfur (S) is an essential plant macronutrient and the pivotal role of sulfur compounds in plant disease resistance has become obvious in recent decades. This review attempts to recapitulate results on the various functions of sulfur-containing defense compounds (SDCs) in plant defense responses to pathogens. These compounds include sulfur containing amino acids such as cysteine and methionine, the tripeptide glutathione, thionins and defensins, glucosinolates and phytoalexins and, last but not least, reactive sulfur species and hydrogen sulfide. SDCs play versatile roles both in pathogen perception and initiating signal transduction pathways that are interconnected with various defense processes regulated by plant hormones (salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Importantly, ROS-mediated reversible oxidation of cysteine residues on plant proteins have profound effects on protein functions like signal transduction of plant defense responses during pathogen infections. Indeed, the multifaceted plant defense responses initiated by SDCs should provide novel tools for plant breeding to endow crops with efficient defense responses to invading pathogens. |
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spelling | pubmed-77618192020-12-26 The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance Künstler, András Gullner, Gábor Ádám, Attila L. Kolozsváriné Nagy, Judit Király, Lóránt Plants (Basel) Review Sulfur (S) is an essential plant macronutrient and the pivotal role of sulfur compounds in plant disease resistance has become obvious in recent decades. This review attempts to recapitulate results on the various functions of sulfur-containing defense compounds (SDCs) in plant defense responses to pathogens. These compounds include sulfur containing amino acids such as cysteine and methionine, the tripeptide glutathione, thionins and defensins, glucosinolates and phytoalexins and, last but not least, reactive sulfur species and hydrogen sulfide. SDCs play versatile roles both in pathogen perception and initiating signal transduction pathways that are interconnected with various defense processes regulated by plant hormones (salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Importantly, ROS-mediated reversible oxidation of cysteine residues on plant proteins have profound effects on protein functions like signal transduction of plant defense responses during pathogen infections. Indeed, the multifaceted plant defense responses initiated by SDCs should provide novel tools for plant breeding to endow crops with efficient defense responses to invading pathogens. MDPI 2020-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7761819/ /pubmed/33287437 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9121705 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Künstler, András Gullner, Gábor Ádám, Attila L. Kolozsváriné Nagy, Judit Király, Lóránt The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title | The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title_full | The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title_fullStr | The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title_full_unstemmed | The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title_short | The Versatile Roles of Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules in Plant Defense—A Road to Disease Resistance |
title_sort | versatile roles of sulfur-containing biomolecules in plant defense—a road to disease resistance |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33287437 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9121705 |
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