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Published in final edited form as: Mol Plant Pathol. 2009 Nov;10(6):777–793. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00586.x

Table 1.

Summary of additional Pseudomonas syringae effector functional analyses for virulence activity

Effector Pathovar/strain Host process(es) targeted Mechanism of action Host target(s) or decoys
(in bold)
Methods utilized* References
AvrB glycinea/race 0 PTI Promotes phosphorylation RIN4, RAR1 GoF, T3D, AMT, Y2H, TP, SA, MP,
CoIP, IVvE
1–6
AvrE tomsto/DC3000 PTI, symptom formation Unknown Unknown LoF, SM, PM, C, GoF, AMT 7,8
AvrPto tomsto/JL1065, DC3000 PTI, PRR signalling, ethylene
production, miRNA processing
Kinase inhibition, PRR complex
disruption
Pto, FLS2, BAK1, EFR LoF, SM, PM, GoF, T3D, AMT, TP,
PT, MP, SP, SA, IVtE, IVvE, IVPD,
CoIP, BiFC, SPR, Y2H
9–22
AvrRpm 1 maculicola/M2 PTI Promotes phosphorylation RIN4 LoF, SM, CoIP, IVvE, TP 23–25
AvrRps4 pisi1/151 PTI Unknown Unknown GoF, T3D, TP 26
AvrRpt2 tomsto/JL1065 ETI, PTI, auxin production Cysteine protease RIN4 GoF, T3D, TP, IVvE, AMT, H, MP,
HE, IVPD, IVtE, PT
23, 25, 27–38
AvrPphB phaseolicola/ races 3 and 4 Unknown Cysteine protease PBS1 GoF, AMT, H, IVtE, MP, CoIP, HE,
SA, IVvE
39–42
HopAI1 tomsto/0288–9 PTI, MAP kinase signalling Phosphothreonine lyase MPK3/MPK6 LoF, SM, GoF, TP, PT, IVPD, CoIP,
IVtE
43, 44
HopAM1 tomsto/DC3000 PTI, ABA response, salt stress
response
Unknown Unknown GoF, T3D, TP 45
HopA01 tomato/DC3000 Avirulence-associated cell death Protein tyrosine phosphatase Unknown LoF, SM, C, GoF, T3D, AMT, TP, H,
IVtE
46–48
HopI1 tomsto/DC3000 SA accumulation J domain activity Unknown LoF, SM, C, H, TP, AMT, HE, MP 49
HopM1 tomsto/DC3000 PTI, symptom formation Promotes degradation of host
proteins, mechanism unknown
MIN7 LoF, SM, PM, C, GoF, TP, Y2H,
CoIP, AMT, MP
50–52
HopN1 tomsto/DC3000 Virulence- and
avirulence-associated cell death
Cysteine protease Unknown LoF, SM, GoF,T3D, H, IVtE 41, 53
HopU1 tomsto/DC3000 Avirulence-associated cell death,
PTI
ADP-ribosyltransferase GRP7 LoF, SM, C, H, GoF, AMT, TP,
IVtE, IVvE, MP
54
HopZ2 pisi/895A Unknown Cysteine protease Unknown H, IVtE, GoF, T3D, AMT 55, 56
*

AMT, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation; BiFC, bimolecular fluorescent complementation; C, complementation; CoIP, co-immunoprecipitation; CT, candidate target; GoF, gain of function; H, homology; HE, heterologous expression; IVPD, in vitro pull-down; IVtE, in vitro enzymatic activity assay; IVvE, in vivo enzymatic activity assay; LoF, loss of function; MP, mutant plants; PM, polymutant; PT, protoplast transformation; Rl, RNA interference; SA, structural analysis; SM, single mutant; SP, silenced plants; SPR, surface plasmon resonance; T3D, type III secretion system delivery; TP, transgenic plants; Y2H, yeast two hybrid.