endopolygalacturonase/atrophy

The fungus Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker disease on mature pine trees and root rot and damping-off of pine seedlings. Endopolygalacturonases (endoPGs) play a major role during penetration of plants by fungi. Digestion of the pectic polysaccharides in the plant primary cell walls is one of

The basidiomycete Chondrostereum purpureum produces several plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, including endopolygalacturonase (endoPG). Degenerate oligonucleotide primers were designed according to conserved regions of endoPG genes from various fungi, plants, and bacteria and used to amplify

The yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus strain BKM Y-719 produces an efficient pectin-degrading endopolygalacturonase (EPG) that cleaves the internal alpha-1,4-D-glycosidic linkages to yield oligomers of varying sizes. The EPG1 gene encoding this industrially important EPG was cloned by using the

Cryphonectria cubensis causes a serious Eucalyptus canker disease. Fungal cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) are important during the early stages of interaction of the fungus with Eucalyptus. To improve our understanding of the molecular regulation of the interaction of Eucalyptus and C. cubensis,

Endpolygalacturonase I from Stereum purpureum has been identified as a causative substance for the silver-leaf disease in apples. It possesses a unique pro-sequence in the C-terminal region that lacks endpolygalacturonases from any other origin. In this study, we analyzed and compared enzymatic

Alternaria core rot is a major postharvest disease of apple fruit in several countries of the world, including Greece. The study was conducted aiming to identify the disease causal agents at species level, investigate the aggressiveness of Alternaria spp. isolates and the susceptibility of different