Publications
2020
Xian L., Yu G., Wei Y., Morcillo R., Li Y., Xue H., Rufian J., and Macho AP. A bacterial effector protein hijacks plant metabolism to support bacterial nutrition. Under revision. Posted in SneakPeek (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3479448)
Yu G., Xian L., Xue H., Yu W., Rufian J., Sang Y., Morcillo R., Wang Y., and Macho A.P. A bacterial effector protein prevents MAPK-mediated phosphorylation of SGT1 to suppress plant immunity. Under review. Posted in bioRxiv (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/641241v3)
Morcillo R., Zhao A., Tamayo-Navarrete M.I., García-Garrido J.M., and Macho A.P. A versatile method for tomato root transformation followed by inoculation with Ralstonia solanacearum allows straightforward genetic analysis for the study of bacterial wilt disease. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020) 157, e60302. Link. Click here to watch the video article.
Sang Y., Yu W., Zhuang H., Wei Y., Derevnina L., Yu G., Luo J., and Macho A.P. Intra-strain elicitation and suppression of plant immunity by Ralstonia solanacearum type-III effectors in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Communications (2020) online early https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100025
Wang P., Hsu C-C., Du Y., Zhu P., Zhao C., Fu X., Zhang C., Paez J.S., Macho A.P., Tao W.A., and Zhu J-K. Mapping Proteome-Wide Targets of Protein Kinases in Plant Stress Responses. PNAS (2020) 117:3270-3280. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919901117
2019
Morcillo RJL., Singh SK., He D., An G., Vilchez JI., Tang K., Yuan F., Sun Y., Shao C., Zhang S., Yang Y., Liu X., Dang Y., Wang W., Gao J., Huang W., Lei M., Song C-P., Zhu J-K., Macho AP., Pare PW., and Zhang H. Diacetyl determines plant-bacteria relation via phosphate-dependent modulation of plant immunity. EMBO Journal (2019) e102602 https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102602. Link
Garnelo-Gomez B., Zhang D., Rosas-Diaz T., Wei Y., Macho A.P., and Lozano-Duran R. The C4 protein from Tomato yellow leaf curl virus can broadly interact with plant receptor-like kinases. Viruses (2019) 31;11. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11111009. Link
Rubio L., Diaz-Garcia J., Amorim-Silva V., Macho A.P., Botella M. A., and Fernandez J.A. ZosmaNRT2 encodes the putative sodium dependent high-affinity nitrate transporter of Zostera marina L. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019) https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153650. Link
Sabbagh C. R. R., Carrère S., Lonjon F., Vailleau F., Macho A.P., Genin S., and Peeters N. Pangenomic type III effector database of the plant pathogenic Ralstonia spp. PeerJ (2019) 7:e7346 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7346. Link
Duan J., Lee K. P., Dogra V., Zhang S., Liu K., Caceres-Moreno C., Lv S., Xing W., Kato Y., Sakamoto W., Liu R., Macho A. P. and Kim C. Impaired PSII proteostasis promotes retrograde signaling via salicylic acid. Plant Physiology (2019) doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00483. Link
Amorim-Silva V., García-Moreno A., Castillo A.G., Lakhssassi N., Esteban del Valle A., Pérez-Sancho J., Li Y., Posé D., Pérez-Rodriguez J., Lin J., Valpuesta V., Borsani O., Zipfel C., Macho A.P., Botella M.A. TTL proteins scaffold brassinosteroid signaling components at the plasma membrane to optimize signal transduction in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2019) doi: 10.1105/tpc.19.00150. Link
Macho A.P.* & Lozano-Duran R.* Molecular dialogues between viruses and receptor-like kinases in plants. Molecular Plant Pathology (2019) doi: 10.1111/mpp.12812. (* Co-corresponding authors). Link
Lee E., Vanneste S., Pérez-Sancho J., Benitez-Fuente F., Strelau M., Macho A.P., Botella M.A., Friml J. and Rosado A. Ionic stress enhances ER-PM connectivity via phosphoinositide-associated SYT1 contact site expansion in Arabidopsis. PNAS (2019). Link
Zheng X., Li X., Wang B., Cheng D., Li Y., Li W., Huang M., Tan X., Zhao G., Song B., Macho A.P., Chen H., and Xie C. A systematic screen of conserved R. solanacearum effectors reveals the role of RipAB, a nuclear-localized effector that suppresses immune responses in potato. Molecular Plant Pathology (2019) online early 2018, doi: 10.1111/mpp.12774. Link
Yu G., Xian L., Sang Y. and Macho A.P. Cautionary notes on the use of Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression upon SGT1 silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. New Phytologist (2019) online early 2018, doi: 10.1111/nph.15601. Link
Wang Y., Li Y., Rosas-Diaz T., Caceres-Moreno C., Lozano-Duran R., and Macho A.P. The IMMUNE-ASSOCIATED NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING 9 protein is a regulator of basal immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2019) Online early 2018. Link
2018
Rufián J.S., Lucia A., Rueda-Blanco J., Zumaquero A., Guevara C.M., Ortiz-Martin I., Ruiz-Aldea G., Macho A.P., Beuzon C.R. and Ruiz-Albert J. Suppression of HopZ effector-triggered plant immunity in a natural pathosystem. Frontiers in Plant Sciences (2018). Link
Zhao Y., Zhang Z., Gao J., Wang P., Hu T., Wang Z., Hou Y.J., Wan Y., Liu W., Xie S., Lu T., Xue L., Liu Y, Macho A.P., Tao W.A., Bressan R.A., and Zhu J.K. Arabidopsis Duodecuple Mutant of PYL ABA Receptors Reveals PYL Repression of ABA-Independent SnRK2 Activity. Cell Reports (2018) 23: 3340 - 3351.e5. Link
Wei Y., Caceres-Moreno C., Jimenez-Gongora T., Wang K., Sang Y., Lozano-Duran R. and Macho A.P. The Ralstonia solanacearum csp22 peptide, but not flagellin-derived peptides, is perceived by plants from the Solanaceae family. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2018), ,16:1349-1362. Link
2017
Wei Y. #, Sang Y. # and Macho A.P. The Ralstonia solanacearum type III effector RipAY is phosphorylated in plant cells to modulate its enzymatic activity. Frontiers in Plant Science (2017) Nov 7; 8: 1899. Link
Jiang G., Wei Z., Xu J., Chen H., Zhang Y., She X., Macho A.P., Ding W. and Liao B. Bacterial Wilt in China: history, current status and future perspectives. Frontiers in Plant Science (2017) Sep 11; 8: 1549. Link
Sun Y.#, Wang K.#, Caceres-Moreno C.#, Jia W., Chen A., Zhang H., Liu R.* and Macho A.P.* Genome sequencing and analysis of Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype I strains FJAT-91, FJAT-452 and FJAT-462 isolated from tomato, eggplant, and chilli pepper in China. Standards in Genomic Sciences (2017) 12:29. Link
Puigvert M., Guarischi-Sosa R., Zuluaga P., Coll N.S., Macho A.P., Setubal J.C. and Valls M. Transcriptomes of Ralstonia solanacearum during root colonization of Solanum commersonii. Frontiers in Plant Science (2017) 8: 370. Link
Sang Y.Y. & Macho A.P. Analysis of PAMP-triggered ROS Burst in Plant Immunity. Methods in Molecular Biology (2017) 1578:143-153. Link
2016
Sang Y.Y., Wang Y.R., Ni H., Cazalé-Noel A.C., She Y.M., Peeters N. and Macho A.P. The Ralstonia solanacearum type-III effector RipAY targets plant redox regulators to suppress immune responses. Molecular Plant Pathology (2016). Final publication 2018 Jan; 19 (1): 129-142. Link
Rosas-Díaz T., Macho A.P., Beuzón C.R., Lozano-Durán R. and Bejarano E.R. The C2 Protein from the Geminivirus Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Sardinia Virus Decreases Sensitivity to Jasmonates and Suppresses Jasmonate-Mediated Defences. Plants (2016) 5 (1), 8. Link