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Irene Jiménez-Guerrero, 
Monica Sonawane, 
Noam Eckshtain-Levi, 
Za Khai Tuang, Gustavo Mateus da Silva, 
Francisco Pérez-Montaño, 
Meirav Leibman-Markus, 
Rupali Gupta, 
Lianet Noda-Garcia, 
Maya Bar, 
Saul Burdman

Bacterial fruit blotch, caused by Acidovorax citrulli, is a serious disease of melon and watermelon. The strains of the pathogen belong to two major genetic groups: group I strains are strongly associated with melon, while group II strains are more aggressive on watermelon. A. citrulli secretes many protein effectors to the host cell via the type III secretion system. Here we characterized AopW1, an effector that shares similarity to the actin cytoskeleton-disrupting effector HopW1 of Pseudomonas syringae and with effectors from other plant-pathogenic bacterial species. AopW1 has a highly variable region (HVR) within amino acid positions 147 to 192, showing 14 amino acid differences between group I and II variants. 

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Natural variation in a short region of the Acidovorax citrulli type III-secreted effector AopW1 is associated with differences in cytotoxicity and host adaptation

Irene Jiménez-Guerrero, 
Monica Sonawane, 
Noam Eckshtain-Levi, 
Za Khai Tuang, Gustavo Mateus da Silva, 
Francisco Pérez-Montaño, 
Meirav Leibman-Markus, 
Rupali Gupta, 
Lianet Noda-Garcia, 
Maya Bar, 
Saul Burdman

Natural variation in a short region of the Acidovorax citrulli type III-secreted effector AopW1 is associated with differences in cytotoxicity and host adaptation

Bacterial fruit blotch, caused by Acidovorax citrulli, is a serious disease of melon and watermelon. The strains of the pathogen belong to two major genetic groups: group I strains are strongly associated with melon, while group II strains are more aggressive on watermelon. A. citrulli secretes many protein effectors to the host cell via the type III secretion system. Here we characterized AopW1, an effector that shares similarity to the actin cytoskeleton-disrupting effector HopW1 of Pseudomonas syringae and with effectors from other plant-pathogenic bacterial species. AopW1 has a highly variable region (HVR) within amino acid positions 147 to 192, showing 14 amino acid differences between group I and II variants. 

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