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A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen
Summary
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 15, April 2026. SignificanceHuanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating disease of citrus with no resistance having been identified in commercial cultivars. Previous work implicated papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) as an important hub of defense in citrus; however, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 15, April 2026. SignificanceHuanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating disease of citrus with no resistance having been identified in commercial cultivars. Previous work implicated papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) as an important hub of defense in citrus; however, ...