Publications by authors named "Han Pin Cheng"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the immunodominant membrane protein (IMP), which binds to F-actin and plays a significant role in phytoplasma, revealing its X-ray crystallographic structure and interactions with plant actin.
- Comparative analysis shows IMP shares structural similarities with another F-actin-binding protein, indicating a stable interaction model between IMP and F-actin based on molecular docking studies.
- The research uncovers a new partnership between IMP and the phytoplasmal effector PHYL1, suggesting their high expression during phytoplasma infection and highlighting potential pathways for improving resistance to phytoplasma-related plant diseases.
Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens which can induce severe symptoms including dwarfism, phyllody and virescence in an infected plant. Because phytoplasmas infect many important crops such as peanut and papaya they have caused serious agricultural losses. The phytoplasmal effector causing phyllody 1 (PHYL1) is an important phytoplasmal pathogenic factor which affects the biological function of MADS transcription factors by interacting with their K (keratin-like) domain, thus resulting in abnormal plant developments such as phyllody.
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