Saúl Jijón Moreno

Dr. Saúl Jijón Moreno


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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MGMaria del Carmen González-López
Maria del Carmen González-López
SMSaúl Jijón Moreno
Saúl Jijón Moreno
MDMitzuko Dautt-Castro
Mitzuko Dautt-Castro
COCesaré Ovando-Vázquez
Cesaré Ovando-Vázquez
TZTamar Ziv
Tamar Ziv
SCSergio Casas-Flores
Sergio Casas-Flores
The establishment of plant–fungus mutualistic interaction requires bidirectional molecular crosstalk. Therefore, the analysis of the interacting organisms secretomes would help to understand how such relationships are established. Here, a gel-free shotgun proteomics approach was used to identify the secreted proteins of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the mutualistic fungus Trichoderma atroviride during their interaction. A total of 126 proteins of Arabidopsis and 1027 of T. atroviride were identified. Among them, 118 and 780 were differentially modulated, respectively. Bioinformatic analysis unveiled that both organisms’ secretomes were enriched with enzymes. In T. atroviride, glycosidases, aspartic endopeptidases, and dehydrogenases increased in response to Arabidopsis. Additionally, amidases, protein-serine/threonine kinases, and hydro-lyases showed decreased levels. Furthermore, peroxidases, cysteine endopeptidases, and enzymes related to the catabolism of secondary metabolites increased in the plant secretome. In contrast, pathogenesis-related proteins and protease inhibitors decreased in response to the fungus. Notably, the glutamate:glyoxylate aminotransferase GGAT1 was secreted by Arabidopsis during its interaction with T. atroviride. Our study showed that GGAT1 is partially required for plant growth stimulation and on the induction of the plant systemic resistance by T. atroviride. Additionally, GGAT1 seems to participate in the negative regulation of the plant systemic resistance against B. cinerea through a mechanism involving H2O2 production.

10 June 2022
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MDMitzuko Dautt-Castro
Mitzuko Dautt-Castro
SMSaúl Jijón Moreno
Saúl Jijón Moreno
NGNicolás Gómez-Hernández
Nicolás Gómez-Hernández
MGMaría del Carmen González-López
María del Carmen González-López
EHEyra Judith Hernández-Hernández
Eyra Judith Hernández-Hernández
SCSergio Casas-Flores
Sergio Casas-Flores