The effector protein Ten1 of Ustilago maydis

Graduate Students Mini-Symposium

  • Date: Apr 18, 2016
  • Time: 02:25 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Philipp Manuel Erchinger
  • MPI / Dept. of Organismic Interactions
  • Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
  • Room: Lecture hall
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann
  • Contact: kahmann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
The interaction between Ustilago maydis and its plant host maize is largelygoverned by more than 300 novel, secreted effector proteins among whichTen1 has a major contribution to virulence. We could show that Ten1 issecreted by the fungus during infection. Moreover, ZmPP26, a maize proteinphosphatase 2C was identified as interaction partner of Ten1 via a yeast 2-hybrid screen and Co-IP in planta. Recombinant ZmPP26 showed strong type2C-specific phosphatase activity in vitro. Current work focuses on therecombinant production of Ten1 to test whether and how the interaction of bothproteins alters phosphatase activity of ZmPP26.
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