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. 2023 Apr 6;3(1):4. doi: 10.1007/s44154-023-00082-5

Table 2.

Role of phosphoinositides in biotic stress

Pathogen Species PI/Enzyme Plant/Site of expression (action) Role References
Fungi

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Magneporthe grisea

Mycosphaerella pinodes

PLC2

PLC1

PI (4,5) P2 and Ins (1,4,5) P3

Transgenic B napus,

Rice,

Pea (epicotyls)

Infection reduces with increased expression Toyoda et al., 1993; Song and Goodman, 2002; Nokhrina et al., 2014; Morales et al., 2019
Bacteria

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Pseudomonas syringae

PLD

Ins (1,4,5) P3

suspension cells Levels reduced during infection Young et al., 1996; Shigaki and Bhattacharyya, 2000.
Virus

Tomato bushy stunt virus

Chilli leaf curl virus

PI3P

PI4K

N. benthamiana Positively regulates virus replication Feng et al., 2019, Mansi et al., 2019