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Laticifers, Latex, and Their Role in Plant Defense

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.tplants.2019.03.006

1878-4372

Márcio V. Ramos, Diego Demarco, Isabel Cristina da Cósta Souza, Cléverson D.T. Freitas,

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Latex, a sap produced by cells called laticifers, occurs in plants of wide taxonomic diversity. Plants exude latex sap in response to physical damage. Questions about the function of latex or the underlying mechanisms persist, but a role in defense is likely. The presence of constitutive peptidases in latex sap in addition to inducible and de novo synthesized pathogenesis-related proteins (PR-proteins), raises the question about the role that each sap component plays to protect plants and how synergism occurs among sap proteins in the course of herbivory or infection. Here we discuss a variety of functions for laticifer and latex in plant defense. We propose that latex peptidases build the front line of defense against herbivores or pathogens.