A temperature-responsive regulator that enhances virulence in the kiwifruit canker pathogen <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. a <i>ctinidiae</i>
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Abstract
<h2>Abstract</h2> <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>actinidiae</i> (<i>Psa</i>), the causative agent of kiwifruit canker disease, poses significant threats to global kiwifruit production, resulting in substantial economic losses. Disease incidence is notably higher under cooler temperatures (<20℃), yet the molecular mechanisms underlying <i>Psa</i>'s temperature-dependent virulence remain poorly understood. Here, we identify RS16350, encoding a heat shock protein homolog, as a positive regulator of <i>Psa</i> pathogenicity specifically at low temperature (16℃) but not at optimal growth temperature (28℃). Mechanistic studies reveal that RS16350 physically interacts with HrpL, the RpoN-dependent sigma factor controlling type III secretion system (T3SS) expression in <i>Psa</i>. This interaction enhances HrpL's binding affinity to the <i>hrp-box</i> promoter element, thereby upregulating T3SS effector genes and increasing virulence. We designate this novel regulator as TrpR2 (temperature-responsive pathogenic regulator 2). These findings provide molecular insights into temperature-modulated virulence in a key plant pathogen and identify potential targets for developing innovative disease control strategies.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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