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biorxiv2026-08-31bioenergeticsinfectionredox biology

Phytophthora under PEG water limitation grows faster and turns alternative oxidase up

Five percent PEG-3350, a moderate water limit, speeds Phytophthora cinnamomi radial growth. A time-resolved proteome (1,097 groups) mostly falls; the few risers include thioredoxin/glutaredoxin and alternative oxidase. Adaptation looks like redox and mitochondrial metabolic regulation, not a crash stress response.

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bioenergetics · infection · redox biology

Score 61/100BIORXIVmedium confidencebioenergetics
61
Importance
50
Mito signal
25
Dysfunction
75
Evidence
50
Translational

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Finding. Give Phytophthora cinnamomi a moderate PEG water limit and it grows faster. Vinson, Meisrimler and colleagues watch 1,097 protein groups. Most fall. The few that rise are redox buffers and alternative oxidase. The clock is translation, then metabolism, then redox.

Score 61. Pathogen AOX adaptation. Medium confidence.

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Source preprint

Osmotic adaptation rather than stress response: A time-resolved proteomic analysis of PEG-induced water limitation in Phytophthora cinnamomi

10.64898/2026.08.30.747438

Vinson LS, Loo T, Kulshreshtha S, Dobson RCJ, Meisrimler C.

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