Functional Study of Phytoplasma Phyl1 Interacting Proteins Using Structural and Proteomic Approaches – Stage 2 Study( III )

Phytoplasma are plant pathogens. Plants infected by this bacterium develop symptoms such as witches’ broom, dwarfism, yellowing, phyllody, resulting in failure to develop normally. PHYL1 (Phytoplasmal effector causing phyllody 1) is a secreted protein that induces abnormalities in the flowering mechanism by binding to plant regulatory proteins such as MADS transcription factors and RAD23C, leading to the production of flowerlike leaves. This project intends to explore the interaction between PHYL1 and proteins. In the progress of this year, we focused on completing the interaction analysis between PHYL1 and PnE2/IMP. The relevant results were published this year. We hope that relevant results will further expand our understanding of the pathological mechanisms of Phytoplasma and be useful for developing prevention or treatment strategies for this disease.