bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.30.458171; this version posted August 31, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY 4.0 International license. A Jacalin-like lectin-domain-containing protein of Sclerospora graminicola act as an apoplastic virulence effector in plant–oomycete interactions Michie Kobayashi1,4,#, Hiroe Utsushi1, Koki Fujisaki1, Takumi Takeda1, Tetsuro Yamashita2, and Ryohei Terauchi1,3,# 1 Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan; 2Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan; 3 Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko, Kyoto 617-0001, Japan; 4Present address, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan # Co-corresponding authors: Michie Kobayashi, Email:
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[email protected] Running title: Jacalin-like lectin is an apoplastic effector Keywords: apoplastic effector, Jacalin-related lectin, Sclerospora graminicola, foxtail millet, downy mildew. Word count: 4308 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.30.458171; this version posted August 31, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY 4.0 International license. SUMMARY The plant extracellular space, including the apoplast and plasma membrane, is the initial site of plant– pathogen interactions.