A cerato-platanin protein SsCP1 targets plant PR1 and contributes to virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
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A cerato-platanin protein SsCP1 targets plant PR1 and contributes to virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. / Yang, Guogen; Tang, Liguang; Gong, Yingdi; Xie, Jiatao; Fu, Yanping; Jiang, Daohong; Li, Guoqing; Collinge, David B.; Chen, Weidong; Cheng, Jiasen.
In: New Phytologist, Vol. 217, No. 2, 2018, p. 739-755.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A cerato-platanin protein SsCP1 targets plant PR1 and contributes to virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
AU - Yang, Guogen
AU - Tang, Liguang
AU - Gong, Yingdi
AU - Xie, Jiatao
AU - Fu, Yanping
AU - Jiang, Daohong
AU - Li, Guoqing
AU - Collinge, David B.
AU - Chen, Weidong
AU - Cheng, Jiasen
N1 - © 2017 State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University New Phytologist © 2017 New Phytologist Trust.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Cerato-platanin proteins (CPs), which are secreted by filamentous fungi, are phytotoxic to host plants, but their functions have not been well defined to date. Here we characterized a CP (SsCP1) from the necrotrophic phytopathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Sscp1 transcripts accumulated during plant infection, and deletion of Sscp1 significantly reduced virulence. SsCP1 could induce significant cell death when expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. Using yeast two-hybrid, GST pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular florescence complementation, we found that SsCP1 interacts with PR1 in the apoplast to facilitate infection by S. sclerotiorum. Overexpressing PR1 enhanced resistance to the wild-type strain, but not to the Sscp1 knockout strain of S. sclerotiorum. Sscp1-expressing transgenic plants showed increased concentrations of salicylic acid (SA) and higher levels of resistance to several plant pathogens (namely Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria brassicicola and Golovinomyces orontii). Our results suggest that SsCP1 is important for virulence of S. sclerotiorum and that it can be recognized by plants to trigger plant defense responses. Our results also suggest that the SA signaling pathway is involved in CP-mediated plant defense .
AB - Cerato-platanin proteins (CPs), which are secreted by filamentous fungi, are phytotoxic to host plants, but their functions have not been well defined to date. Here we characterized a CP (SsCP1) from the necrotrophic phytopathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Sscp1 transcripts accumulated during plant infection, and deletion of Sscp1 significantly reduced virulence. SsCP1 could induce significant cell death when expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. Using yeast two-hybrid, GST pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular florescence complementation, we found that SsCP1 interacts with PR1 in the apoplast to facilitate infection by S. sclerotiorum. Overexpressing PR1 enhanced resistance to the wild-type strain, but not to the Sscp1 knockout strain of S. sclerotiorum. Sscp1-expressing transgenic plants showed increased concentrations of salicylic acid (SA) and higher levels of resistance to several plant pathogens (namely Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria brassicicola and Golovinomyces orontii). Our results suggest that SsCP1 is important for virulence of S. sclerotiorum and that it can be recognized by plants to trigger plant defense responses. Our results also suggest that the SA signaling pathway is involved in CP-mediated plant defense .
U2 - 10.1111/nph.14842
DO - 10.1111/nph.14842
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29076546
VL - 217
SP - 739
EP - 755
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 2
ER -
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