Plant-Microbial Interactions Involving Quorum Sensing Regulation
- Authors: Zaytseva Y.V.1, Sidorov A.V.1, Marakaev O.A.1, Khmel I.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Demidov Yaroslavl State University
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 88, No 5 (2019)
- Pages: 523-533
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/0026-2617/article/view/164094
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261719040131
- ID: 164094
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Abstract
Quorum Sensing (QS) is a mechanism of bacterial intercellular communication that depends on their population density. QS activates the expression of hundreds of bacterial genes, many of which play an important role in plant-bacterial interactions. This review summarizes the latest achievements in the research of bacterial QS signaling in plant-microbial interactions. The review focuses specifically on the best-studied QS systems, i.e., those of gram-negative bacteria which involve N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHL). The effects of AHL and AHL-producing bacteria on plant growth, development, and defense responses are considered. Signaling functions of plant metabolites which regulate QS-dependent behavior of associated microbiota via the activation or inhibition of bacterial QS systems are described. Possible degradation pathways of AHL in the rhizosphere are also considered. Practical applications of QS regulation for plant protection are discussed.
About the authors
Yu. V. Zaytseva
Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: zjv9@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yaroslavl, 150003
A. V. Sidorov
Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Email: zjv9@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yaroslavl, 150003
O. A. Marakaev
Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Email: zjv9@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yaroslavl, 150003
I. A. Khmel
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: zjv9@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 123182
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