An extended N-terminus restrains the plant cell death-inducing ability of the catalytically competent ribonuclease domain in a pea powdery mildew RALPH effector
Debashish Sahu, Puja Ghosh, Smritilekha Mukherjee, Vineet Kumar, Gunjan Sharma, Gagan Gupta, Megha Gupta, Poonam Ray, Kusum Kusum, Jaya Sharma, Deepti Jain, Divya Chandran
This study characterizes EpRALPH11, a pea powdery mildew RALPH effector, showing its RNase activity and how its N-terminal region suppresses cell death induction.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology