An insight into molecular interaction of PGIP with PG for banana cultivar

Sunil Kumar*, Budheswar Dehury, Gitanjali Tandon, Sarika Jaiswal, Mir Asif Iquebal, Khurshid Ahmed, Dipak T. Nagrale, Udai B. Singh, Yachana Jha, Mahender Kumar Singh, Arjun Singh, Anil Rai, B. Paital, Dinesh Kumar

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Abstract

PolyGalacturonase Inhibiting Proteins (PGIPs) are leucine rich repeat pathogenesis-related (PR) cell wall proteins, which interact and inhibit the PolyGalacturonase (PG), an enzyme secreted by the pathogen to degrade pectin. Interaction of PGIP with PG limits the vulnerability of PG by the activation of host defense response against pathogenic attack. Erwinia is gram-negative soft rot bacteria responsible for rhizome rot disease in banana and many other crop plants. The interaction of PG with PGIP is one of the crucial steps for plant-pathogen interaction. To study the molecular mechanism of PR proteins, we employed molecular modelling, protein-protein docking and molecular dynamics simulations of banana PGIP (bPGIP) with Erwinia carotovora PG (ecPG). Further, insilico site-directed mutagenesis was performed in Phaseolus vulgaris PGIP (pvPGIP2) to elucidate the interaction with ecPG. Docking and simulation studies divulge that binding of bPGIP and PvPGIP2 with active site residues of EcPG induces structural changes and thereby inhibit the enzyme. This study provides a unique insight into PG-PGIP interaction, which may help in the development of bacterial soft-rot resistant banana cultivars.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)335-362
Number of pages28
JournalFrontiers in Bioscience - Landmark
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-01-2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Immunology and Microbiology

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