Table 1.
Significantly upregulated PR genes (LogFC > 1 and FDR < 0.05) in infected plants clustered according to their PR family, supposed functions [47,48,49,50] and mean overexpression (log FC).
| PR Family | Upregulated Genes | Supposed Functions | Mean Overexpression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 genes related to PR-1 | Multiple roles ranging from antimicrobial function and defense signal amplification to potential sterol or effector recognition | 6.5 |
| 2 | 12 glucanases | Modulators of callose and salicylic acid-dependent defense responses | 5.1 |
| 3, 4, 8 and 11 | 18 chitinases | Antifungal properties | 5.4 |
| 5 | 5 thaumatins, 3 osmotins and 1 PT-5x | Membrane permeabilizing functions | 5.8 |
| 6 | 23 proteinase inhibitors (PIs) | Proteinase inhibitors | 4.6 |
| 7 | 16 subtilisin-like proteases and 3 P69 proteins | Proteinases | 3.6 |
| 9 | 23 peroxidases | Peroxidases | 3.7 |
| 10 | a S-norcoclaurine synthase 2-like a TSI-1 (tomato stress induced-1) | Antimicrobial activity and in vitro ribonuclease activity, enzymatic activities in plant secondary metabolisms, ligand-binding ability | 8.3 |
| 12 | 3 defensin-like proteins | Membrane permeabilizing functions | 5.7 |
| 13 | a thionin-like protein | Membrane permeabilizing functions | 2.3 |
| 14 | 9 lipid transfer proteins | Membrane permeabilizing functions | 4.8 |
| 15 | 4 germins | Multiple enzymatic, structural and receptor functions | 7.3 |
| 16 | 5 germin-like proteins | Multiple enzymatic, structural and receptor functions | 2.6 |