A dimeric PR-1-type pathogenesis-related protein interacts with ToxA and potentially mediates ToxA-induced necrosis in sensitive wheat
- Source:
- Molecular plant pathology 2014 v.15 no.7 pp. 650-663
- ISSN:
- 1364-3703
- Subject:
- asparagine, Komagataella pastoris, Parastagonospora nodorum, necrosis, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, amino acid substitution, alanine, two hybrid system techniques, wheat, Western blotting, mycotoxins, Triticum aestivum, cell membranes, genes, mutants, site-directed mutagenesis, pathogenesis-related proteins, protein-protein interactions
- Abstract:
- A dimeric PR-1-type pathogenesis-related protein (PR-1-5) recently identified in wheat was found to interact with Stagonospora nodorum ToxA in both yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Site-specific mutational analyses revealed that the RGD motif of ToxA is not targeted by PR-1-5, while two surface-exposed asparagine residues are essential for the interaction: the N102 residue of the turning loop between ß2 and ß3 in ToxA and the N141 residue of the turning loop between ßC and ßD in PR-1-5. Recombinant PR-1-5 and ToxA mutant proteins carrying alanine substitutions at the interacting sites were expressed in Pichia pastoris along with the wild type proteins. Native PAGE analysis confirmed that the PR-1-5-N141A mutant retains the ability to form dimers. Plant assays indicated that the ToxA-N102A mutant fails to induce necrosis whereas the PR-1-5-N141A mutant is impaired in the "necrosis-promoting" activity shown by the wild type PR-1-5 when co-infiltrated with ToxA in sensitive wheat. Western blot analyses revealed that the native PR-1-5 protein accumulates in ToxA-treated sensitive wheat and is likely associated with membranes. These results suggest that the PR-1-5-ToxA interaction is potentially involved in ToxA internalization or activation of cell death pathway(s) governed by the cognate sensitivity gene in wheat.
- Agid:
- 59509
- Handle:
- 10113/59509
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12122