Jane E. Parker

A Reductase from the Phytopathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea Degrades Plant Antimicrobial Coumarins to Promote Infection.

Phytopathogenic fungi must contend with host immune responses to successfully colonize plants. These responses include the production of heterogenous antimicrobial compounds (phytoalexins), which plants deploy to intoxicate infecting microbes. Among these host defense compounds are the coumarins, a family of aromatic l...