Table 1.
Nematode proteins acting on plant cell walls.
| Gene/Protein | Nematode | Class | Function | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hg-pel-1 | H. glycines | Pectate lyase | De Boer et al., 2002 | |
| Hspel1 | H. schachtii | Pectate lyase | Vanholme et al., 2007 | |
| Hspel2 | Silencing results in low infection efficiency | |||
| Gr-PEL1 | G. rostochiensis | Pectate lyase | Popeijus et al., 2000 | |
| Gr-PEL2 | Transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana resulted in severe malformations of infiltrated tissues | Kudla et al., 2007 | ||
| GR-ENG-1 | G. rostochiensis | Cellulase | Hydrolysis of carboxymethylcellulose | Smant et al., 1998 |
| GR-ENG-2 | G. rostochiensis | |||
| HG-ENG-1 | H. glycines | |||
| HG-ENG-2 | H. glycines | |||
| GR-ENG-1/2/3/4 | G. rostochiensis | Cellulase | Targeting the mRNAs of secreted cellulases with dsRNA resulted in lower nematode invasion | Chen et al., 2005 |
| Gr-EXPB1 | G. rostochiensis | Expansin | Cell-wall-extension activity | Qin et al., 2004; Kudla et al., 2005 |
| Hs CBP | H. schachtii | Cellulose binding protein | Interacts with a plant pectin methylesterase (PME3) to aid cyst nematode parasitism | Hewezi et al., 2008 |
Genes are shown in italic for those cases where the proteins have not been reported.