Immunogenic Sugars In Plant Immunity

Arabidopsis thaliana / Brassica rapa

What we do?

Identify and characterize the mode-of-action of immunogenic sugars that burst plant immunity. To develop new bioprotective compounds against crop diseases and discover new genes for crop breeding for resistance in Brassica

XYL4 confers resistance to bacterial diseases in tomato

(Fernández-Calvo et al., 2024; Molina et al., 2024; Martin-Dacal et al., 2023)

*Funded by: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PGC 2023) and Xunta de Galicia 2024

Identify and characterize the mode-of-action of immunogenic sugars that burst plant immunity

Oligosaccharides with a potential immunogenic activity in crops

So far, we know that sugars derived from chitin and cellulose activate immunity in “grelos”. Others are being analyzed with a multi “omics” approach.

Sugars such as CHI6 and CEL3 derived from damaged plant and/or fungi cell walls, respectively trigger immune responses in B rapa

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Differentially expressed genes

in response to mixed-linked-glucans in grelos.