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- Title
Guanosine‐specific single‐stranded ribonuclease effectors of a phytopathogenic fungus potentiate host immune responses.
- Authors
Kumakura, Naoyoshi; Singkaravanit‐Ogawa, Suthitar; Gan, Pamela; Tsushima, Ayako; Ishihama, Nobuaki; Watanabe, Shunsuke; Seo, Mitsunori; Iwasaki, Shintaro; Narusaka, Mari; Narusaka, Yoshihiro; Takano, Yoshitaka; Shirasu, Ken
- Abstract
Summary: Plants activate immunity upon recognition of pathogen‐associated molecular patterns. Although phytopathogens have evolved a set of effector proteins to counteract plant immunity, some effectors are perceived by hosts and induce immune responses.Here, we show that two secreted ribonuclease effectors, SRN1 and SRN2, encoded in a phytopathogenic fungus, Colletotrichum orbiculare, induce cell death in a signal peptide‐ and catalytic residue‐dependent manner, when transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. The pervasive presence of SRN genes across Colletotrichum species suggested the conserved roles.Using a transient gene expression system in cucumber (Cucumis sativus), an original host of C. orbiculare, we show that SRN1 and SRN2 potentiate host pattern‐triggered immunity responses. Consistent with this, C. orbiculare SRN1 and SRN2 deletion mutants exhibited increased virulence on the host. In vitro analysis revealed that SRN1 specifically cleaves single‐stranded RNAs at guanosine, leaving a 3′‐end phosphate. Importantly, the potentiation of C. sativus responses by SRN1 and SRN2, present in the apoplast, depends on ribonuclease catalytic residues.We propose that the pathogen‐derived apoplastic guanosine‐specific single‐stranded endoribonucleases lead to immunity potentiation in plants.
- Subjects
PHYTOPATHOGENIC fungi; RIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR recognition; IMMUNE response; ENDORIBONUCLEASES
- Publication
New Phytologist, 2024, Vol 242, Issue 1, p170
- ISSN
0028-646X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nph.19582