Enzymatic effectors manipulating plant phosphate sensing
Carl L. McCombe, Alex Wegner, Louisa Wirtz, Chenie S. Zamora, Florencia Casanova, Shouvik Aditya, Julian R. Greenwood, Samuel de Paula, Eleanor England, Sascha Shang, Daniel J. Ericsson, Ely Oliveira-Garcia, Simon J. Williams, and Ulrich Schaffrath (2025)
Plant pathogenic fungi hijack phosphate signaling with conserved enzymatic effectors, Science
Perspective by Caroline Gutjahr - Outsmarted by fungi
Research Highlight by Andrea Du Toit - Tricking plants into starvation
Plant immunity manipulation via an mRNA decapping effector
Carl L. McCombe, Ann-Maree Catanzariti, Julian R. Greenwood, Anna M. Desai, Megan A. Outram, Daniel S. Yu, Daniel J. Ericsson, Steven E. Brenner, Peter N. Dodds, Bostjan Kobe, David A. Jones, and Simon J. Williams (2023)
A rust-fungus Nudix hydrolase effector decaps mRNA in vitro and interferes with plant immune pathways, New Phytologist
Commentary by Mark J. Banfield - Manipulation of plant immunity via an mRNA decapping pathogen effector
Characterising the structural repertoire of Fusarium oxysporum effectors
Daniel S. Yu, Megan A. Outram, Ashley Smith, Carl L. McCombe, Pravin B. Khambalkar, Sharmin A. Rima, Xizhe Sun, Lisong Ma, Daniel J. Ericsson, David A. Jones, and Simon J. Williams (2024)
The structural repertoire of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici effectors revealed by experimental and computational studies, eLife
How fungal infection strategy can dictate the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions
Carl L. McCombe, Julian R. Greenwood, Peter S. Solomon, and Simon J. Williams (2022)
Molecular plant immunity against biotrophic, hemibiotrophic, and necrotrophic fungi, Essays in Biochemistry