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Background  Diverse plant pathogens deliver effectors into plant cells to alter host processes. Oomycete pathogen encodes a large number of putative RxLR effectors which are likely to play a role in manipulating plant defense responses. The secretome of  Plasmopara viticola  (downy mildew of grapevine) contains at least 162 candidate RxLR effectors discovered in our recent studies, but their roles in infection and pathogenicity remain to be determined. Here, we characterize in depth one of the putative RxLR effectors, PvRxLR16, which has been reported to induce cell death in  Nicotiana benthamiana  in our previous study.    Results  The nuclear localization, W/Y/L motifs, and a putative  N -glycosylation site in C-terminal of PvRxLR16 were essential for cell death-inducing activity. Suppressor of G-two allele of Skp1 (SGT1), heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and required for Mla12 resistance (RAR1), but not somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase (SERK3), were required for the cell death response triggered by PvRxLR16 in  N. benthamiana . Some mitogen-activated protein kinases and transcription factors were also involved in the perception of PvRxLR16 by  N. benthamiana . PvRxLR16 could also significantly enhance plant resistance to  Phytophthora capsici  and the nuclear localization was required for this ability. However, some other PvRxLR effectors could suppress defense responses and disease resistance induced by PvRxLR16, suggesting that it may not trigger host cell death or immune responses during physiological infection under natural conditions.    Conclusion  These data demonstrate that PvRxLR16 may be recognized by endogenous proteins in nucleus to trigger immune responses in  N. benthamiana , which in turn can be suppressed by other PvRxLR effectors.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12870-017-1016-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

A candidate RxLR effector from Plasmopara viticola can elicit immune responses in Nicotiana benthamiana