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ReviewPlant communications2020

Apoplastic Proteases: Powerful Weapons against Pathogen Infection in Plants.

Yan Wang, Yuanchao Wang, Yiming Wang

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Review in Plant communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
17.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Pathogen-inspired engineering of plant protease enhances late blight resistance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. Apoplastic Fluid Collection/Analysis of Ustilago maydis-Infected Maize Leaves.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  11. Proteomic snapshot of pattern triggered immunity in the Arabidopsis leaf apoplast.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  12. A Novel Cysteine Protease fromPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan WangDepartment of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Yuanchao WangDepartment of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Yiming WangDepartment of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Nanjing Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants associate with diverse microbes that exert beneficial, neutral, or pathogenic effects inside the host. During the initial stages of invasion, the plant apoplast constitutes a hospitable environment for invading microbes, providing both water and nutrients. In response to microbial infection, a number of secreted proteins from host cells accumulate in the apoplastic space, which is related to microbial association or colonization processes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying plant modulation of the apoplast environment and how plant-secreted proteases are involved in pathogen resistance are still poorly understood. Recently, several studies have reported the roles of apoplastic proteases in plant resistance against bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. On the other hand, microbe-secreted proteins directly and/or indirectly inhibit host-derived apoplastic proteases to promote infection. These findings illustrate the importance of apoplastic proteases in plant-microbe interactions. Therefore, understanding the protease-mediated apoplastic battle between hosts and pathogens is of fundamental importance for understanding plant-pathogen interactions. Here, we provide an overview of plant-microbe interactions in the apoplastic space. We define the apoplast, summarize the physical and chemical properties of these structures, and discuss the roles of plant apoplastic proteases and pathogen protease inhibitors in host-microbe interactions. Challenges and future perspectives for research into protease-mediated apoplastic interactions are discussed, which may facilitate the engineering of resistant crops.

Indexed as

FungiHost-Pathogen InteractionsIntracellular SpacePeptide HydrolasesPlantsPeptide Hydrolasesapoplastplant immunityplant–microbe interactionproteaseprotease inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID33367249
PMCPMC7748006
OpenAlexW3034262131

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