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- Title
A dominant function of CCaMK in intracellular accommodation of bacterial and fungal endosymbionts.
- Authors
Hayashi, Teruyuki; Banba, Mari; Shimoda, Yoshikazu; Kouchi, Hiroshi; Hayashi, Makoto; Imaizumi-Anraku, Haruko
- Abstract
In legumes, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CCaMK) is a component of the common symbiosis genes that are required for both root nodule (RN) and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbioses and is thought to be a decoder of Ca2+ spiking, one of the earliest cellular responses to microbial signals. A gain-of-function mutation of CCaMK has been shown to induce spontaneous nodulation without rhizobia, but the significance of CCaMK activation in bacterial and/or fungal infection processes is not fully understood. Here we show that a gain-of-function CCaMKT265D suppresses loss-of-function mutations of common symbiosis genes required for the generation of Ca2+ spiking, not only for nodule organogenesis but also for successful infection of rhizobia and AM fungi, demonstrating that the common symbiosis genes upstream of Ca2+ spiking are required solely to activate CCaMK. In RN symbiosis, however, CCaMKT265D induced nodule organogenesis, but not rhizobial infection, on Nod factor receptor (NFRs) mutants. We propose a model of symbiotic signaling in host legume plants, in which CCaMK plays a key role in the coordinated induction of infection thread formation and nodule organogenesis.
- Subjects
ENDOSYMBIOSIS; SYMBIOSIS; PROTEIN kinases; MYCORRHIZAS; ROOT-tubercles
- Publication
Plant Journal, 2010, Vol 63, Issue 1, p141
- ISSN
0960-7412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04228.x