| Title: | "Inside the trap: gland morphologies, digestive enzymes, and the evolution of plant carnivory in the Caryophyllales" |
| Address: | "Center for Insect Science and Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, United States. tanyarenner@email.arizona.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.06.009 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0356 (Electronic) 1369-5266 (Print) 1369-5266 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The digestion of prey by carnivorous plants is determined in part by suites of enzymes that are associated with morphologically and anatomically diverse trapping mechanisms. Chitinases represent a group of enzymes known to be integral to effective plant carnivory. In non-carnivorous plants, chitinases commonly act as pathogenesis-related proteins, which are either induced in response to insect herbivory and fungal elicitors, or constitutively expressed in tissues vulnerable to attack. In the Caryophyllales carnivorous plant lineage, multiple classes of chitinases are likely involved in both pathogenic response and digestion of prey items. We review what is currently known about trap morphologies, provide an examination of the diversity, roles, and evolution of chitinases, and examine how herbivore and pathogen defense mechanisms may have been coopted for plant carnivory in the Caryophyllales" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Biological Evolution Chitinases/genetics/*metabolism Evolution, Molecular Food Chain Insecta/physiology Magnoliopsida/*anatomy & histology/enzymology/*physiology Plant Proteins/genetics/*metabolism;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineRenner, Tanya Specht, Chelsea D eng K12 GM000708/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Review England 2013/07/09 Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2013 Aug; 16(4):436-42. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.06.009. Epub 2013 Jul 3" |
