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Brabham HJ, Gómez De La Cruz D, Were V, Shimizu M, Saitoh H, Hernández-Pinzón I, Green P, Lorang J, Fujisaki K, Sato K, Molnár I, Šimková H, Doležel J, Russell J, Taylor J, Smoker M, Gupta YK, Wolpert T, Talbot NJ, Terauchi R, Moscou MJ. Barley MLA3 recognizes the host-specificity effector Pwl2 from Magnaporthe oryzae. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:447-470. [PMID: 37820736 PMCID: PMC10827324 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLRs) immune receptors directly or indirectly recognize pathogen-secreted effector molecules to initiate plant defense. Recognition of multiple pathogens by a single NLR is rare and usually occurs via monitoring for changes to host proteins; few characterized NLRs have been shown to recognize multiple effectors. The barley (Hordeum vulgare) NLR gene Mildew locus a (Mla) has undergone functional diversification, and the proteins encoded by different Mla alleles recognize host-adapted isolates of barley powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei [Bgh]). Here, we show that Mla3 also confers resistance to the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in a dosage-dependent manner. Using a forward genetic screen, we discovered that the recognized effector from M. oryzae is Pathogenicity toward Weeping Lovegrass 2 (Pwl2), a host range determinant factor that prevents M. oryzae from infecting weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula). Mla3 has therefore convergently evolved the capacity to recognize effectors from diverse pathogens.
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- Helen J Brabham
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
- 2Blades, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Centre, Kitakami 024-0003, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Centre, Kitakami 024-0003, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
- 2Blades, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Centre, Kitakami 024-0003, Japan
- Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 617-0001, Japan
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Kim H, Ahn YJ, Lee H, Chung EH, Segonzac C, Sohn KH. Diversified host target families mediate convergently evolved effector recognition across plant species. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 74:102398. [PMID: 37295296 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recognition of pathogen effectors is a crucial step for triggering plant immunity. Resistance (R) genes often encode for nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs), and NLRs detect effectors from pathogens to trigger effector-triggered immunity (ETI). NLR recognition of effectors is observed in diverse forms where NLRs directly interact with effectors or indirectly detect effectors by monitoring host guardees/decoys (HGDs). HGDs undergo different biochemical modifications by diverse effectors and expand the effector recognition spectrum of NLRs, contributing robustness to plant immunity. Interestingly, in many cases of the indirect recognition of effectors, HGD families targeted by effectors are conserved across the plant species while NLRs are not. Notably, a family of diversified HGDs can activate multiple non-orthologous NLRs across plant species. Further investigation on HGDs would reveal the mechanistic basis of how the diversification of HGDs confers novel effector recognition by NLRs.
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- Haseong Kim
- Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Vo KTX, Yi Q, Jeon JS. Engineering effector-triggered immunity in rice: Obstacles and perspectives. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:1143-1156. [PMID: 36305486 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Improving rice immunity is one of the most effective approaches to reduce yield loss by biotic factors, with the aim of increasing rice production by 2050 amidst limited natural resources. Triggering a fast and strong immune response to pathogens, effector-triggered immunity (ETI) has intrigued scientists to intensively study and utilize the mechanisms for engineering highly resistant plants. The conservation of ETI components and mechanisms across species enables the use of ETI components to generate broad-spectrum resistance in plants. Numerous efforts have been made to introduce new resistance (R) genes, widen the effector recognition spectrum and generate on-demand R genes. Although engineering ETI across plant species is still associated with multiple challenges, previous attempts have provided an enhanced understanding of ETI mechanisms. Here, we provide a survey of recent reports in the engineering of rice R genes. In addition, we suggest a framework for future studies of R gene-effector interactions, including genome-scale investigations in both rice and pathogens, followed by structural studies of R proteins and effectors, and potential strategies to use important ETI components to improve rice immunity.
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- Kieu Thi Xuan Vo
- Graduate School of Green-Bio Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea
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- Graduate School of Green-Bio Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea
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- Graduate School of Green-Bio Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea
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Effector-Dependent and -Independent Molecular Mechanisms of Soybean-Microbe Interaction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214184. [PMID: 36430663 PMCID: PMC9695568 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Soybean is a pivotal staple crop worldwide, supplying the main food and feed plant proteins in some countries. In addition to interacting with mutualistic microbes, soybean also needs to protect itself against pathogens. However, to grow inside plant tissues, plant defense mechanisms ranging from passive barriers to induced defense reactions have to be overcome. Pathogenic but also symbiotic micro-organisms effectors can be delivered into the host cell by secretion systems and can interfere with the immunity system and disrupt cellular processes. This review summarizes the latest advances in our understanding of the interaction between secreted effectors and soybean feedback mechanism and uncovers the conserved and special signaling pathway induced by pathogenic soybean cyst nematode, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas as well as by symbiotic rhizobium.
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Lin F, Chhapekar SS, Vieira CC, Da Silva MP, Rojas A, Lee D, Liu N, Pardo EM, Lee YC, Dong Z, Pinheiro JB, Ploper LD, Rupe J, Chen P, Wang D, Nguyen HT. Breeding for disease resistance in soybean: a global perspective. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3773-3872. [PMID: 35790543 PMCID: PMC9729162 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04101-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE This review provides a comprehensive atlas of QTLs, genes, and alleles conferring resistance to 28 important diseases in all major soybean production regions in the world. Breeding disease-resistant soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] varieties is a common goal for soybean breeding programs to ensure the sustainability and growth of soybean production worldwide. However, due to global climate change, soybean breeders are facing strong challenges to defeat diseases. Marker-assisted selection and genomic selection have been demonstrated to be successful methods in quickly integrating vertical resistance or horizontal resistance into improved soybean varieties, where vertical resistance refers to R genes and major effect QTLs, and horizontal resistance is a combination of major and minor effect genes or QTLs. This review summarized more than 800 resistant loci/alleles and their tightly linked markers for 28 soybean diseases worldwide, caused by nematodes, oomycetes, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The major breakthroughs in the discovery of disease resistance gene atlas of soybean were also emphasized which include: (1) identification and characterization of vertical resistance genes reside rhg1 and Rhg4 for soybean cyst nematode, and exploration of the underlying regulation mechanisms through copy number variation and (2) map-based cloning and characterization of Rps11 conferring resistance to 80% isolates of Phytophthora sojae across the USA. In this review, we also highlight the validated QTLs in overlapping genomic regions from at least two studies and applied a consistent naming nomenclature for these QTLs. Our review provides a comprehensive summary of important resistant genes/QTLs and can be used as a toolbox for soybean improvement. Finally, the summarized genetic knowledge sheds light on future directions of accelerated soybean breeding and translational genomics studies.
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- Feng Lin
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
- Fisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873 USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
- Fisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873 USA
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- Soybean Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun,, 130033 Jilin China
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- Instituto de Tecnología Agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino (ITANOA) [Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)], Av. William Cross 3150, C.P. T4101XAC, Las Talitas, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Fisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873 USA
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- Soybean Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun,, 130033 Jilin China
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ/USP), PO Box 9, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
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- Instituto de Tecnología Agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino (ITANOA) [Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)], Av. William Cross 3150, C.P. T4101XAC, Las Talitas, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
- Fisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873 USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
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Maia T, Rody HVS, Bombardelli RGH, Souto TG, Camargo LEA, Monteiro-Vitorello CB. A Bacterial Type Three Secretion-Based Delivery System for Functional Characterization of Sporisorium scitamineum Plant Immune Suppressing Effector Proteins. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:1513-1523. [PMID: 35050679 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-21-0326-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The facultative biotrophic basidiomycete Sporisorium scitamineum causes smut disease in sugarcane. This study applied an assay to identify S. scitamineum candidate effectors (CEs) with plant immunity suppression activities by delivering them into Nicotiana benthamiana cells via the type-three secretion system of Pseudomonas fluorescens EtHAn. Six CEs were individually cloned into the pEDV6 vector and expressed by P. fluorescens EtHAn for translocation into the plant cells. Three CEs (g1052, g3890, and g5159) could suppress pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) responses with high reproducibility in different coinfiltration experiments with P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000. In addition, three CEs (g1052, g4549, and g5159) were also found to be AvrB-induced suppressors of effector-triggered immunity (ETI), demonstrating for the first time that S. scitamineum can defeat both PTI and ETI responses. A transcriptomic analysis at different stages of infection by the smut fungus of three sugarcane cultivars with contrasting responses to the pathogen revealed that suppressors g1052, g3890, g4549, and g5159 were induced at the early stage of infection. By contrast, the two CEs (g2666 and g6610) that did not exhibit suppression activities expressed only at the late stage of infection. Moreover, genomic structures of the CEs and searches for orthologs in other smut species suggested duplication events and further divergence in CEs evolution of S. scitamineum. Thus, the transient assay applied here demonstrated the potential of pEDV6 and P. fluorescens EtHAn as biological tools for identifying plant immune suppressors from S. scitamineum.
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- Thiago Maia
- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Breit-McNally C, Desveaux D, Guttman DS. The Arabidopsis effector-triggered immunity landscape is conserved in oilseed crops. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6534. [PMID: 35444223 PMCID: PMC9021255 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10410-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The bacterial phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae causes disease on a wide array of plants, including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and its agronomically important relatives in the Brassicaceae family. To cause disease, P. syringae delivers effector proteins into plant cells through a type III secretion system. In response, plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins recognize specific effectors and mount effector-triggered immunity (ETI). While ETI is pervasive across A. thaliana, with at least 19 families of P. syringae effectors recognized in this model species, the ETI landscapes of crop species have yet to be systematically studied. Here, we investigated the conservation of the A. thaliana ETI landscape in two closely related oilseed crops, Brassica napus (canola) and Camelina sativa (false flax). We show that the level of immune conservation is inversely related to the degree of evolutionary divergence from A. thaliana, with the more closely related C. sativa losing ETI responses to only one of the 19 P. syringae effectors tested, while the more distantly related B. napus loses ETI responses to four effectors. In contrast to the qualitative conservation of immune response, the quantitative rank order is not as well-maintained across the three species and diverges increasingly with evolutionary distance from A. thaliana. Overall, our results indicate that the A. thaliana ETI profile is qualitatively conserved in oilseed crops, but quantitatively distinct.
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- Clare Breit-McNally
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Zhang M, Liu S, Wang Z, Yuan Y, Zhang Z, Liang Q, Yang X, Duan Z, Liu Y, Kong F, Liu B, Ren B, Tian Z. Progress in soybean functional genomics over the past decade. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 20:256-282. [PMID: 34388296 PMCID: PMC8753368 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of germplasm has been generated over the last 100 years. Nevertheless, soybean breeding needs to be accelerated to meet the needs of a growing world population, to promote sustainable agriculture and to address future environmental changes. The acceleration is highly reliant on the discoveries in gene functional studies. The release of the reference soybean genome in 2010 has significantly facilitated the advance in soybean functional genomics. Here, we review the research progress in soybean omics (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and proteomics), germplasm development (germplasm resources and databases), gene discovery (genes that are responsible for important soybean traits including yield, flowering and maturity, seed quality, stress resistance, nodulation and domestication) and transformation technology during the past decade. At the end, we also briefly discuss current challenges and future directions.
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- Min Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant GenomicsInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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Alam M, Tahir J, Siddiqui A, Magzoub M, Shahzad-Ul-Hussan S, Mackey D, Afzal AJ. RIN4 homologs from important crop species differentially regulate the Arabidopsis NB-LRR immune receptor, RPS2. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:2341-2356. [PMID: 34486076 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02771-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE RIN4 homologs from important crop species differ in their ability to prevent ectopic activity of the nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat resistance protein, RPS2. Pathogens deploy virulence effectors to perturb host processes. Plants utilize intracellular resistance (R) proteins to recognize pathogen effectors either by direct interaction or indirectly via effector-mediated perturbations of host components. RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 (RIN4) is a plant immune regulator that mediates the indirect activation of multiple, independently evolved R-proteins by multiple, unrelated effector proteins. One of these, RPS2 (RESISTANT TO P. SYRINGAE2), is activated upon cleavage of Arabidopsis (At)RIN4 by the Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrRpt2. To gain insight into the AvrRpt2-RIN4-RPS2 defense-activation module, we compared the function of AtRIN4 with RIN4 homologs present in a diverse range of plant species. We selected seven homologs containing conserved features of AtRIN4, including two NOI (Nitrate induced) domains, each containing a predicted cleavage site for AvrRpt2, and a C-terminal palmitoylation site predicted to mediate membrane tethering of the proteins. Palmitoylation-mediated tethering of AtRIN4 to the plasma membrane and cleavage by AvrRpt2 are required for suppression and activation of RPS2, respectively. While all seven homologs are localized at the plasma membrane, only four suppress RPS2 when transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. All seven homologs are cleaved by AvrRpt2 and, for those homologs that are able to suppress RPS2, cleavage relieves suppression of RPS2. Further, we demonstrate that the membrane-tethered, C-terminal AvrRpt2-generated cleavage fragment is sufficient for the suppression of RPS2. Lastly, we show that the membrane localization of RPS2 is unaffected by its suppression or activation status.
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- Maheen Alam
- Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Sector U, DHA, Lahore, Pakistan
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92-169, Auckland, 1025, New Zealand
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL52JQ, UK
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- Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Sector U, DHA, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Li L, Weigel D. One Hundred Years of Hybrid Necrosis: Hybrid Autoimmunity as a Window into the Mechanisms and Evolution of Plant-Pathogen Interactions. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 59:213-237. [PMID: 33945695 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-020620-114826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Hybrid necrosis in plants refers to a genetic autoimmunity syndrome in the progeny of interspecific or intraspecific crosses. Although the phenomenon was first documented in 1920, it has been unequivocally linked to autoimmunity only recently, with the discovery of the underlying genetic and biochemical mechanisms. The most common causal loci encode immune receptors, which are known to differ within and between species. One mechanism can be explained by the guard hypothesis, in which a guard protein, often a nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat protein, is activated by interaction with a plant protein that mimics standard guardees modified by pathogen effector proteins. Another surprising mechanism is the formation of inappropriately active immune receptor complexes. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of hybrid necrosis and discuss how its study is not only informing the understanding of immune gene evolution but also revealing new aspects of plant immune signaling.
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- Lei Li
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; ,
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; ,
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Baudin M, Martin EC, Sass C, Hassan JA, Bendix C, Sauceda R, Diplock N, Specht CD, Petrescu AJ, Lewis JD. A natural diversity screen in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals determinants for HopZ1a recognition in the ZAR1-ZED1 immune complex. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:629-644. [PMID: 33103794 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pathogen pressure on hosts can lead to the evolution of genes regulating the innate immune response. By characterizing naturally occurring polymorphisms in immune receptors, we can better understand the molecular determinants of pathogen recognition. ZAR1 is an ancient Arabidopsis thaliana NLR (Nucleotide-binding [NB] Leucine-rich-repeat [LRR] Receptor) that recognizes multiple secreted effector proteins from the pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas campestris through its interaction with receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases (RLCKs). ZAR1 was first identified for its role in recognizing P. syringae effector HopZ1a, through its interaction with the RLCK ZED1. To identify additional determinants of HopZ1a recognition, we performed a computational screen for ecotypes from the 1001 Genomes project that were likely to lack HopZ1a recognition, and tested ~300 ecotypes. We identified ecotypes containing polymorphisms in ZAR1 and ZED1. Using our previously established Nicotiana benthamiana transient assay and Arabidopsis ecotypes, we tested for the effect of naturally occurring polymorphisms on ZAR1 interactions and the immune response. We identified key residues in the NB or LRR domain of ZAR1 that impact the interaction with ZED1. We demonstrate that natural diversity combined with functional assays can help define the molecular determinants and interactions necessary to regulate immune induction in response to pathogens.
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- Maël Baudin
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology and the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Plant Gene Expression Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA
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Ku YS, Cheng SS, Gerhardt A, Cheung MY, Contador CA, Poon LYW, Lam HM. Secretory Peptides as Bullets: Effector Peptides from Pathogens against Antimicrobial Peptides from Soybean. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9294. [PMID: 33291499 PMCID: PMC7730307 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Soybean is an important crop as both human food and animal feed. However, the yield of soybean is heavily impacted by biotic stresses including insect attack and pathogen infection. Insect bites usually make the plants vulnerable to pathogen infection, which causes diseases. Fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes are major soybean pathogens. The infection by pathogens and the defenses mounted by soybean are an interactive and dynamic process. Using fungi, oomycetes, and bacteria as examples, we will discuss the recognition of pathogens by soybean at the molecular level. In this review, we will discuss both the secretory peptides for soybean plant infection and those for pathogen inhibition. Pathogenic secretory peptides and peptides secreted by soybean and its associated microbes will be included. We will also explore the possible use of externally applied antimicrobial peptides identical to those secreted by soybean and its associated microbes as biopesticides.
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- Yee-Shan Ku
- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; (Y.-S.K.); (S.-S.C.); (A.G.); (M.-Y.C.); (C.A.C.); (L.-Y.W.P.)
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Wang D, Liang X, Bao Y, Yang S, Zhang X, Yu H, Zhang Q, Xu G, Feng X, Dou D. A malectin-like receptor kinase regulates cell death and pattern-triggered immunity in soybean. EMBO Rep 2020; 21:e50442. [PMID: 32924279 PMCID: PMC7645207 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202050442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Plant cells can sense conserved molecular patterns through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and initiate pattern-triggered immunity (PTI). Details of the PTI signaling network are starting to be uncovered in Arabidopsis, but are still poorly understood in other species, including soybean (Glycine max). In this study, we perform a forward genetic screen for autoimmunity-related lesion mimic mutants (lmms) in soybean and identify two allelic mutants, which carry mutations in Glyma.13G054400, encoding a malectin-like receptor kinase (RK). The mutants exhibit enhanced resistance to both bacterial and oomycete pathogens, as well as elevated ROS production upon treatment with the bacterial pattern flg22. Overexpression of GmLMM1 gene in Nicotiana benthamiana severely suppresses flg22-triggered ROS production and oomycete pattern XEG1-induced cell death. We further show that GmLMM1 interacts with the flg22 receptor FLS2 and its co-receptor BAK1 to negatively regulate flg22-induced complex formation between them. Our study identifies an important component in PTI regulation and reveals that GmLMM1 acts as a molecular switch to control an appropriate immune activation, which may also be adapted to other PRR-mediated immune signaling in soybean.
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- Dongmei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design BreedingNortheast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyThe Innovative Academy of Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design BreedingNortheast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyThe Innovative Academy of Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design BreedingNortheast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyThe Innovative Academy of Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design BreedingNortheast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyThe Innovative Academy of Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green ManagementMOA and College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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Iakovidis M, Soumpourou E, Anderson E, Etherington G, Yourstone S, Thomas C. Genes Encoding Recognition of the Cladosporium fulvum Effector Protein Ecp5 Are Encoded at Several Loci in the Tomato Genome. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2020; 10:1753-1763. [PMID: 32209596 PMCID: PMC7202015 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The molecular interactions between tomato and Cladosporium fulvum have been an important model for molecular plant pathology. Complex genetic loci on tomato chromosomes 1 and 6 harbor genes for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum, encoding receptor like-proteins that perceive distinct Cladosporium fulvum effectors and trigger plant defenses. Here, we report classical mapping strategies for loci in tomato accessions that respond to Cladosporium fulvum effector Ecp5, which is very sequence-monomorphic. We screened 139 wild tomato accessions for an Ecp5-induced hypersensitive response, and in five accessions, the Ecp5-induced hypersensitive response segregated as a monogenic trait, mapping to distinct loci in the tomato genome. We identified at least three loci on chromosomes 1, 7 and 12 that harbor distinct Cf-Ecp5 genes in four different accessions. Our mapping showed that the Cf-Ecp5 in Solanum pimpinellifolium G1.1161 is located at the Milky Way locus. The Cf-Ecp5 in Solanum pimpinellifolium LA0722 was mapped to the bottom arm of chromosome 7, while the Cf-Ecp5 genes in Solanum lycopersicum Ontario 7522 and Solanum pimpinellifolium LA2852 were mapped to the same locus on the top arm of chromosome 12. Bi-parental crosses between accessions carrying distinct Cf-Ecp5 genes revealed putative genetically unlinked suppressors of the Ecp5-induced hypersensitive response. Our mapping also showed that Cf-11 is located on chromosome 11, close to the Cf-3 locus. The Ecp5-induced hypersensitive response is widely distributed within tomato species and is variable in strength. This novel example of convergent evolution could be used for choosing different functional Cf-Ecp5 genes according to individual plant breeding needs.
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- Michail Iakovidis
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, 27510
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Tamborski J, Krasileva KV. Evolution of Plant NLRs: From Natural History to Precise Modifications. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 71:355-378. [PMID: 32092278 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-035901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) monitor the plant intracellular environment for signs of pathogen infection. Several mechanisms of NLR-mediated immunity arose independently across multiple species. These include the functional specialization of NLRs into sensors and helpers, the independent emergence of direct and indirect recognition within NLR subfamilies, the regulation of NLRs by small RNAs, and the formation of NLR networks. Understanding the evolutionary history of NLRs can shed light on both the origin of pathogen recognition and the common constraints on the plant immune system. Attempts to engineer disease resistance have been sparse and rarely informed by evolutionary knowledge. In this review, we discuss the evolution of NLRs, give an overview of previous engineering attempts, and propose how to use evolutionary knowledge to advance future research in the generation of novel disease-recognition capabilities.
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- Janina Tamborski
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
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Prokchorchik M, Choi S, Chung EH, Won K, Dangl JL, Sohn KH. A host target of a bacterial cysteine protease virulence effector plays a key role in convergent evolution of plant innate immune system receptors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1327-1342. [PMID: 31550400 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Some virulence effectors secreted from pathogens target host proteins and induce biochemical modifications that are monitored by nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors. Arabidopsis RIN4 protein (AtRIN4: RPM1-interacting protein 4) homologs are present in diverse plant species and targeted by several bacterial type III effector proteins including the cysteine protease AvrRpt2. RIN4 is 'guarded' by several independently evolved NLRs from various plant species, including Arabidopsis RPS2. Recently, it was shown that the MR5 NLR from a wild apple relative can recognize the AvrRpt2 effector from Erwinia amylovora, but the details of this recognition remained unclear. The present contribution reports the mechanism of AvrRpt2 recognition by independently evolved NLRs, MR5 from apple and RPS2, both of which require proteolytically processed RIN4 for activation. It shows that the C-terminal cleaved product of apple RIN4 (MdRIN4) but not AtRIN4 is necessary and sufficient for MR5 activation. Additionally, two polymorphic residues in AtRIN4 and MdRIN4 are identified that are crucial in the regulation of and physical association with NLRs. It is proposed that polymorphisms in RIN4 from distantly related plant species allow it to remain an effector target while maintaining compatibility with multiple NLRs.
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- Maxim Prokchorchik
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
- Bioprotection Research Centre, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4474, New Zealand
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
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- National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Naju, 54875, Korea
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
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Redditt TJ, Chung EH, Karimi HZ, Rodibaugh N, Zhang Y, Trinidad JC, Kim JH, Zhou Q, Shen M, Dangl JL, Mackey D, Innes RW. AvrRpm1 Functions as an ADP-Ribosyl Transferase to Modify NOI Domain-Containing Proteins, Including Arabidopsis and Soybean RPM1-Interacting Protein4. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:2664-2681. [PMID: 31727786 PMCID: PMC6881136 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00020r2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The Pseudomonas syringae effector protein AvrRpm1 activates the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) intracellular innate immune receptor protein RESISTANCE TO PSEUDOMONAS MACULICOLA1 (RPM1) via modification of a second Arabidopsis protein, RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 (AtRIN4). Prior work has shown that AvrRpm1 induces phosphorylation of AtRIN4, but homology modeling indicated that AvrRpm1 may be an ADP-ribosyl transferase. Here, we show that AvrRpm1 induces ADP-ribosylation of RIN4 proteins from both Arabidopsis and soybean (Glycine max) within two highly conserved nitrate-induced (NOI) domains. It also ADP ribosylates at least 10 additional Arabidopsis NOI domain-containing proteins. The ADP-ribosylation activity of AvrRpm1 is required for subsequent phosphorylation on Thr-166 of AtRIN4, an event that is necessary and sufficient for RPM1 activation. We also show that the C-terminal NOI domain of AtRIN4 interacts with the exocyst subunits EXO70B1, EXO70E1, EXO70E2, and EXO70F1. Mutation of either EXO70B1 or EXO70E2 inhibited secretion of callose induced by the bacterial flagellin-derived peptide flg22. Substitution of RIN4 Thr-166 with Asp enhanced the association of AtRIN4 with EXO70E2, which we posit inhibits its callose deposition function. Collectively, these data indicate that AvrRpm1 ADP-ribosyl transferase activity contributes to virulence by promoting phosphorylation of RIN4 Thr-166, which inhibits the secretion of defense compounds by promoting the inhibitory association of RIN4 with EXO70 proteins.plantcell;31/11/2664/FX1F1fx1.
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- Thomas J Redditt
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- Department of Biology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Redditt TJ, Chung EH, Zand Karimi H, Rodibaugh N, Zhang Y, Trinidad JC, Kim JH, Zhou Q, Shen M, Dangl JL, Mackey DM, Innes RW. AvrRpm1 Functions as an ADP-Ribosyl Transferase to Modify NOI-domain Containing Proteins, Including Arabidopsis and Soybean RPM1-interacting Protein 4. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:tpc.00020.2019. [PMID: 31548257 PMCID: PMC6881136 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
The Pseudomonas syringae effector protein AvrRpm1 activates the Arabidopsis intracellular innate immune receptor protein RPM1 via modification of a second Arabidopsis protein, RIN4. Prior work has shown that AvrRpm1 induces phosphorylation of AtRIN4, but homology modeling indicated that AvrRpm1 may be an ADP-ribosyl transferase. Here we show that AvrRpm1 induces ADP-ribosylation of RIN4 proteins from both Arabidopsis and soybean within two highly conserved nitrate-induced (NOI) domains. It also ADP-ribosylates at least ten additional Arabidopsis NOI domain-containing proteins. The ADP-ribosylation activity of AvrRpm1 is required for subsequent phosphorylation on threonine 166 of Arabidopsis RIN4, an event that is necessary and sufficient for RPM1 activation. We also show that the C-terminal NOI domain of AtRIN4 interacts with the exocyst subunits EXO70B1, EXO70E1, EXO70E2 and EXO70F1. Mutation of either EXO70B1 or EXO70E2 inhibited secretion of callose induced by the bacterial flagellin-derived peptide flg22. Substitution of RIN4 threonine 166 with aspartate enhanced the association of AtRIN4 with EXO70E2, which we posit inhibits its callose deposition function. Collectively, these data indicate that AvrRpm1 ADP-ribosyl transferase activity contributes to virulence by promoting phosphorylation of RIN4 threonine 166, which inhibits the secretion of defense compounds by promoting the inhibitory association of RIN4 with EXO70 proteins.
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- Thomas J Redditt
- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: IN United States Of America [US]
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- University of North Carolina CITY: Chappel Hill STATE: NC United States Of America [US]
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- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: Indiana United States Of America [US]
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- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: IN United States Of America [US]
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- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: IN United States Of America [US]
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- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: IN United States Of America [US]
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) CITY: Daegu Korea (South), Republic Of
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- Ohio State University CITY: Columbus STATE: OH United States Of America [US]
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- Gyeongsang National University CITY: Jinju Korea (South), Republic Of
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- University of North Carolina CITY: Chapel Hill STATE: North Carolina POSTAL_CODE: 27599-3280 United States Of America [US]
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- Ohio State University CITY: Columbus STATE: Ohio POSTAL_CODE: 43210 United States Of America [US]
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- Indiana University CITY: Bloomington STATE: Indiana POSTAL_CODE: 47405-7107 United States Of America [US]
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Carter ME, Helm M, Chapman AVE, Wan E, Restrepo Sierra AM, Innes RW, Bogdanove AJ, Wise RP. Convergent Evolution of Effector Protease Recognition by Arabidopsis and Barley. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:550-565. [PMID: 30480480 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-18-0202-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Pseudomonas syringae cysteine protease AvrPphB activates the Arabidopsis resistance protein RPS5 by cleaving a second host protein, PBS1. AvrPphB induces defense responses in other plant species, but the genes and mechanisms mediating AvrPphB recognition in those species have not been defined. Here, we show that AvrPphB induces defense responses in diverse barley cultivars. We also show that barley contains two PBS1 orthologs, that their products are cleaved by AvrPphB, and that the barley AvrPphB response maps to a single locus containing a nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene, which we termed AvrPphB Response 1 (Pbr1). Transient coexpression of PBR1 with wild-type AvrPphB but not with a protease inactive mutant triggered defense responses, indicating that PBR1 detects AvrPphB protease activity. Additionally, PBR1 coimmunoprecipitated with barley and Nicotiana benthamiana PBS1 proteins, suggesting mechanistic similarity to detection by RPS5. Lastly, we determined that wheat cultivars also recognize AvrPphB protease activity and contain two putative Pbr1 orthologs. Phylogenetic analyses showed, however, that Pbr1 is not orthologous to RPS5. Our results indicate that the ability to recognize AvrPphB evolved convergently and imply that selection to guard PBS1-like proteins occurs across species. Also, these results suggest that PBS1-based decoys may be used to engineer protease effector recognition-based resistance in barley and wheat.
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- Morgan E Carter
- 1 Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
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- 2 Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A
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- 3 Interdepartmental Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program and
- 4 Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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- 1 Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
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- 1 Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
- 5 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia; and
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- 2 Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A
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- 1 Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
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- 3 Interdepartmental Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program and
- 4 Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
- 6 Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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Kapos P, Devendrakumar KT, Li X. Plant NLRs: From discovery to application. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 279:3-18. [PMID: 30709490 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Plants require a complex immune system to defend themselves against a wide range of pathogens which threaten their growth and development. The nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins (NLRs) are immune sensors that recognize effectors delivered by pathogens. The first NLR was cloned more than twenty years ago. Since this initial discovery, NLRs have been described as key components of plant immunity responsible for pathogen recognition and triggering defense responses. They have now been described in most of the well-studied mulitcellular plant species, with most having large NLR repertoires. As research has progressed so has the understanding of how NLRs interact with their recognition substrates and how they in turn activate downstream signalling. It has also become apparent that NLR regulation occurs at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels. Even before the first NLR was cloned, breeders were utilising such genes to increase crop performance. Increased understanding of the mechanistic details of the plant immune system enable the generation of plants resistant against devastating pathogens. This review aims to give an updated summary of the NLR field.
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- Paul Kapos
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Bianchet C, Wong A, Quaglia M, Alqurashi M, Gehring C, Ntoukakis V, Pasqualini S. An Arabidopsis thaliana leucine-rich repeat protein harbors an adenylyl cyclase catalytic center and affects responses to pathogens. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 232:12-22. [PMID: 30530199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) catalyze the formation of the second messenger cAMP from ATP. Here we report the characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana leucine-rich repeat (LRR) protein (At3g14460; AtLRRAC1) as an adenylyl cyclase. Using an AC-specific search motif supported by computational assessments of protein models we identify an AC catalytic center within the N-terminus and demonstrate that AtLRRAC1 can generate cAMP in vitro. Knock-out mutants of AtLRRAC1 have compromised immune responses to the biotrophic fungus Golovinomyces orontii and the hemibiotrophic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae, but not against the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. These findings are consistent with a role of cAMP-dependent pathways in the defense against biotrophic and hemibiotrophic plant pathogens.
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- Chantal Bianchet
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, 88 Daxue Road, Ouhai, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 325060, China
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy; Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK; Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy.
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Toruño TY, Shen M, Coaker G, Mackey D. Regulated Disorder: Posttranslational Modifications Control the RIN4 Plant Immune Signaling Hub. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:56-64. [PMID: 30418084 PMCID: PMC6501815 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-18-0212-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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RIN4 is an intensively studied immune regulator in Arabidopsis and is involved in perception of microbial features outside and bacterial effectors inside plant cells. Furthermore, RIN4 is conserved in land plants and is targeted for posttranslational modifications by several virulence proteins from the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Despite the important roles of RIN4 in plant immune responses, its molecular function is not known. RIN4 is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP), except at regions where pathogen-induced posttranslational modifications take place. IDP act as hubs for protein complex formation due to their ability to bind to multiple client proteins and, thus, are important players in signal transduction pathways. RIN4 is known to associate with multiple proteins involved in immunity, likely acting as an immune-signaling hub for the formation of distinct protein complexes. Genetically, RIN4 is a negative regulator of immunity, but diverse posttranslational modifications can either enhance its negative regulatory function or, on the contrary, render it a potent immune activator. In this review, we describe the structural domains of RIN4 proteins, their intrinsically disordered regions, posttranslational modifications, and highlight the implications that these features have on RIN4 function. In addition, we will discuss the potential role of plasma membrane subdomains in mediating RIN4 protein complex formations.
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- Tania Y. Toruño
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A
- Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A
- Corresponding author: D. Mackey;
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Nemchinov LG, Shao J, Lee MN, Postnikova OA, Samac DA. Resistant and susceptible responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) to bacterial stem blight caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189781. [PMID: 29244864 PMCID: PMC5731681 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacterial stem blight caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is a common disease of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L). Little is known about host-pathogen interactions and host defense mechanisms. Here, individual resistant and susceptible plants were selected from cultivars Maverick and ZG9830 and used for transcript profiling at 24 and 72 hours after inoculation (hai) with the isolate PssALF3. Bioinformatic analysis revealed a number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in resistant and susceptible genotypes. Although resistant plants from each cultivar produced a hypersensitive response, transcriptome analyses indicated that they respond differently at the molecular level. The number of DEGs was higher in resistant plants of ZG9830 at 24 hai than in Maverick, suggesting that ZG9830 plants had a more rapid effector triggered immune response. Unique up-regulated genes in resistant ZG9830 plants included genes encoding putative nematode resistance HSPRO2-like proteins, orthologs for the rice Xa21 and soybean Rpg1-b resistance genes, and TIR-containing R genes lacking both NBS and LRR domains. The suite of R genes up-regulated in resistant Maverick plants had an over-representation of R genes in the CC-NBS-LRR family including two genes for atypical CCR domains and a putative ortholog of the Arabidopsis RPM1 gene. Resistance in both cultivars appears to be mediated primarily by WRKY family transcription factors and expression of genes involved in protein phosphorylation, regulation of transcription, defense response including synthesis of isoflavonoids, and oxidation-reduction processes. These results will further the identification of mechanisms involved in resistance to facilitate selection of parent populations and development of commercial varieties.
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- Lev G. Nemchinov
- USDA-ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Whitham SA, Qi M, Innes RW, Ma W, Lopes-Caitar V, Hewezi T. Molecular Soybean-Pathogen Interactions. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2016; 54:443-68. [PMID: 27359370 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080615-100156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Soybean hosts a wide variety of pathogens that cause significant yield losses. The importance of soybean as a major oilseed crop has led to research focused on its interactions with pathogens, such as Soybean mosaic virus, Pseudomonas syringae, Phytophthora sojae, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and Heterodera glycines. Pioneering work on soybean's interactions with these organisms, which represent the five major pathogen groups (viruses, bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and nematodes), has contributed to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying virulence and immunity. These mechanisms involve conserved and unique features that validate the need for research in both soybean and homologous model systems. In this review, we discuss identification of effectors and their functions as well as resistance gene-mediated recognition and signaling. We also point out areas in which model systems and recent advances in resources and tools have provided opportunities to gain deeper insights into soybean-pathogen interactions.
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- Steven A Whitham
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011; ,
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011; ,
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405;
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521;
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; ,
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; ,
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Redekar NR, Clevinger EM, Laskar MA, Biyashev RM, Ashfield T, Jensen RV, Jeong SC, Tolin SA, Saghai Maroof MA. Candidate Gene Sequence Analyses toward Identifying -Type Resistance to. THE PLANT GENOME 2016; 9. [PMID: 27898808 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.09.0088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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is one of three genetic loci conferring strain-specific resistance to (SMV). The locus has been mapped to a 154-kb region on chromosome 14, containing a cluster of five nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) resistance genes. High sequence similarity between the candidate genes challenges fine mapping of the locus. Among the five, Glyma14g38533 showed the highest transcript abundance in 1 to 3 h of SMV-G7 inoculation. Comparative sequence analyses were conducted with the five candidate NB-LRR genes from susceptible (-type) soybean [ (L.) Merr.] cultivar Williams 82, resistant (-type) cultivar Hwangkeum, and resistant lines L29 and RRR. Sequence comparisons revealed that Glyma14g38533 had far more polymorphisms than the other candidate genes. Interestingly, Glyma14g38533 gene from -type lines exhibited 150 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP and six insertion-deletion (InDel) markers relative to -type line, Furthermore, the polymorphisms identified in three -type lines were highly conserved. Several polymorphisms were validated in 18 -type resistant and six -type susceptible lines and were found associated with their disease response. The majority of the polymorphisms were located in LRR domain encoding region, which is involved in pathogen recognition via protein-protein interactions. These findings associating Glyma14g38533 with -type resistance to SMV suggest it is the most likely candidate gene for .
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Geng X, Shen M, Kim JH, Mackey D. The Pseudomonas syringae type III effectors AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2 promote virulence dependent on the F-box protein COI1. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:921-32. [PMID: 26795143 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-1932-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Type III effectors AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2 promote bacterial growth dependent on a COI1-mediated pathway in the absence of the RPM1 and RPS2 resistance proteins. The type III effectors, AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2, promote bacterial virulence by suppressing host defense responses. The defense suppressing activities of AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2 are best studied in the absence of the resistance proteins RPM1 and RPS2, which induce defense responses to them. We tested whether the type III effectors could modulate a CORONATINE INSENSITIVE1 (COI1)-mediated hormone signaling pathway to promote virulence. COI1 has been demonstrated to contribute in the induction of chlorosis during Pseudomonas syringae infection. By comparing the activity of inducibly expressed AvrRpm1-HA or AvrRpt2-HA in rpm1rps2 and rpm1rps2coi1 backgrounds, we demonstrate that both effectors promote bacterial growth dependent on a COI1-mediated pathway and additively with the action of coronatine (COR) and that AvrRpt2-HA induces COI1-dependent chlorosis. Further, PATHOGENESIS RELATED1 (PR-1) expression resulting from inducible expression of AvrRpm1-HA or AvrRpt2-HA is elevated in coi1 plants consistent with the effectors activating JA-signaling to antagonize SA-signaling. In addition, we found that AvrRpm1-HA or AvrRpt2-HA requires COI1 to promote bacterial growth through suppression of both SA-dependent and SA-independent defense responses. Collectively, these results indicate that type III effectors AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2 promote bacterial virulence by targeting a COI1-dependent signaling pathway.
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- Xueqing Geng
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State Univerity, Rm. 306C Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State Univerity, Rm. 306C Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State Univerity, Rm. 306C Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Academy of New Biology for Plant Senescence and Life History/New Biology, DGIST, 50-1 Sang-Ri, Hyeonpung-Myeon, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 711-873, Korea
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State Univerity, Rm. 306C Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Genetics, The Ohio State Univerity, Columbus, USA.
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Shao ZQ, Xue JY, Wu P, Zhang YM, Wu Y, Hang YY, Wang B, Chen JQ. Large-Scale Analyses of Angiosperm Nucleotide-Binding Site-Leucine-Rich Repeat Genes Reveal Three Anciently Diverged Classes with Distinct Evolutionary Patterns. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 170:2095-109. [PMID: 26839128 PMCID: PMC4825152 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes make up the largest plant disease resistance gene family (R genes), with hundreds of copies occurring in individual angiosperm genomes. However, the expansion history of NBS-LRR genes during angiosperm evolution is largely unknown. By identifying more than 6,000 NBS-LRR genes in 22 representative angiosperms and reconstructing their phylogenies, we present a potential framework of NBS-LRR gene evolution in the angiosperm. Three anciently diverged NBS-LRR classes (TNLs, CNLs, and RNLs) were distinguished with unique exon-intron structures and DNA motif sequences. A total of seven ancient TNL, 14 CNL, and two RNL lineages were discovered in the ancestral angiosperm, from which all current NBS-LRR gene repertoires were evolved. A pattern of gradual expansion during the first 100 million years of evolution of the angiosperm clade was observed for CNLs. TNL numbers remained stable during this period but were eventually deleted in three divergent angiosperm lineages. We inferred that an intense expansion of both TNL and CNL genes started from the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Because dramatic environmental changes and an explosion in fungal diversity occurred during this period, the observed expansions of R genes probably reflect convergent adaptive responses of various angiosperm families. An ancient whole-genome duplication event that occurred in an angiosperm ancestor resulted in two RNL lineages, which were conservatively evolved and acted as scaffold proteins for defense signal transduction. Overall, the reconstructed framework of angiosperm NBS-LRR gene evolution in this study may serve as a fundamental reference for better understanding angiosperm NBS-LRR genes.
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- Zhu-Qing Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China (Z.-Q.S., P.W., Y.-M.Z., Y.W., B.W., J.-Q.C.); andInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China (J.-Y.X., Y.-M.Z., Y.-Y.H.)
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Russell AR, Ashfield T, Innes RW. Pseudomonas syringae Effector AvrPphB Suppresses AvrB-Induced Activation of RPM1 but Not AvrRpm1-Induced Activation. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2015; 28:727-35. [PMID: 25625821 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-14-0248-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrB triggers a hypersensitive resistance response in Arabidopsis and soybean plants expressing the disease resistance (R) proteins RPM1 and Rpg1b, respectively. In Arabidopsis, AvrB induces RPM1-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) to phosphorylate a disease regulator known as RIN4, which subsequently activates RPM1-mediated defenses. Here, we show that AvrPphB can suppress activation of RPM1 by AvrB and this suppression is correlated with the cleavage of RIPK by AvrPphB. Significantly, AvrPphB does not suppress activation of RPM1 by AvrRpm1, suggesting that RIPK is not required for AvrRpm1-induced modification of RIN4. This observation indicates that AvrB and AvrRpm1 recognition is mediated by different mechanisms in Arabidopsis, despite their recognition being determined by a single R protein. Moreover, AvrB recognition but not AvrRpm1 recognition is suppressed by AvrPphB in soybean, suggesting that AvrB recognition requires a similar molecular mechanism in soybean and Arabidopsis. In support of this, we found that phosphodeficient mutations in the soybean GmRIN4a and GmRIN4b proteins are sufficient to block Rpg1b-mediated hypersensitive response in transient assays in Nicotiana glutinosa. Taken together, our results indicate that AvrB and AvrPphB target a conserved defense signaling pathway in Arabidopsis and soybean that includes RIPK and RIN4.
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- Andrew R Russell
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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Zhao S, Zheng F, He W, Wu H, Pan S, Lam HM. Impacts of nucleotide fixation during soybean domestication and improvement. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:81. [PMID: 25849896 PMCID: PMC4358728 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0463-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant domestication involves complex morphological and physiological modification of wild species to meet human needs. Artificial selection during soybean domestication and improvement results in substantial phenotypic divergence between wild and cultivated soybeans. Strong selective pressure on beneficial phenotypes could cause nucleotide fixations in the founder population of soybean cultivars in quite a short time. RESULTS Analysis of available sequencing accessions estimates that ~5.3 million single nucleotide variations reach saturation in cultivars, and then ~9.8 million in soybean germplasm. Selective sweeps defined by loss of genetic diversity reveal 2,255 and 1,051 genes were involved in domestication and subsequent improvement, respectively. Both processes introduced ~0.1 million nucleotide fixations, which contributed to the divergence of wild and cultivated soybeans. Meta-analysis of reported quantitative trait loci (QTL) and selective signals with nucleotide fixation identifies a series of putative candidate genes responsible for 13 agronomically important traits. Nucleotide fixation mediated by artificial selection affected diverse molecular functions and biological reactions that associated with soybean morphological and physiological changes. Of them, plant-pathogen interactions are of particular relevance as selective nucleotide fixations happened in disease resistance genes, cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels and terpene synthases. CONCLUSIONS Our analysis provides insights into the impacts of nucleotide fixation during soybean domestication and improvement, which would facilitate future QTL mapping and molecular breeding practice.
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- Shancen Zhao
- />Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
- />BGI-Shenzhen, Main Building, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083 China
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- />Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- />BGI-Shenzhen, Main Building, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083 China
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- />BGI-Shenzhen, Main Building, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083 China
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- />Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- />Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Cook DE, Mesarich CH, Thomma BPHJ. Understanding plant immunity as a surveillance system to detect invasion. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 53:541-63. [PMID: 26047564 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080614-120114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Various conceptual models to describe the plant immune system have been presented. The most recent paradigm to gain wide acceptance in the field is often referred to as the zigzag model, which reconciles the previously formulated gene-for-gene hypothesis with the recognition of general elicitors in a single model. This review focuses on the limitations of the current paradigm of molecular plant-microbe interactions and how it too narrowly defines the plant immune system. As such, we discuss an alternative view of plant innate immunity as a system that evolves to detect invasion. This view accommodates the range from mutualistic to parasitic symbioses that plants form with diverse organisms, as well as the spectrum of ligands that the plant immune system perceives. Finally, how this view can contribute to the current practice of resistance breeding is discussed.
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- David E Cook
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; ,
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Kessens R, Ashfield T, Kim SH, Innes RW. Determining the GmRIN4 requirements of the soybean disease resistance proteins Rpg1b and Rpg1r using a nicotiana glutinosa-based agroinfiltration system. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108159. [PMID: 25244054 PMCID: PMC4171518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rpg1b and Rpg1r are soybean disease resistance (R) genes responsible for conferring resistance to Pseudomonas syringae strains expressing the effectors AvrB and AvrRpm1, respectively. The study of these cloned genes would be greatly facilitated by the availability of a suitable transient expression system. The commonly used Niciotiana benthamiana-based system is not suitable for studying Rpg1b and Rpg1r function, however, because expression of AvrB or AvrRpm1 alone induces a hypersensitive response (HR), indicating that N. benthamiana contains endogenous R genes that recognize these effectors. To identify a suitable alternative host for transient expression assays, we screened 13 species of Nicotiana along with 11 accessions of N. tabacum for lack of response to transient expression of AvrB and AvrRpm1. We found that N. glutinosa did not respond to either effector and was readily transformable as determined by transient expression of β-glucuronidase. Using this system, we determined that Rpg1b-mediated HR in N. glutinosa required co-expression of avrB and a soybean ortholog of the Arabidopsis RIN4 gene. All four soybean RIN4 orthologs tested worked in the assay. In contrast, Rpg1r did not require co-expression of a soybean RIN4 ortholog to recognize AvrRpm1, but recognition was suppressed by co-expression with AvrRpt2. These observations suggest that an endogenous RIN4 gene in N. glutinosa can substitute for the soybean RIN4 ortholog in the recognition of AvrRpm1 by Rpg1r.
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- Ryan Kessens
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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