scholarly journals Monoubiquitination of Histone 2B at the Disease Resistance Gene Locus Regulates Its Expression and Impacts Immune Responses in Arabidopsis

2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohong Zou ◽  
Dong-Lei Yang ◽  
Zhenying Shi ◽  
Hansong Dong ◽  
Jian Hua
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Gene Locus ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene

scholarly journals Modulation of ACD6 dependent hyperimmunity by natural alleles of an Arabidopsis thaliana NLR resistance gene

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wangsheng Zhu ◽  
Maricris Zaidem ◽  
Anna-Lena Van de Weyer ◽  
Rafal M. Gutaker ◽  
Eunyoung Chae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene ◽  
Immune Gene ◽  
Collateral Damage ◽  
Immune Receptor

AbstractPlants defend themselves against pathogens by activating an array of immune responses. Unfortunately, immunity programs may also cause unintended collateral damage to the plant itself. The quantitative disease resistance gene ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 6 (ACD6) serves as a nexus for the trade-off between growth and pathogen resistance in wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. An autoimmune allele, ACD6-Est, first identified in the natural accession Est-1, is found in over 10% of wild strains, even though it causes a clear fitness penalty under optimal growth conditions. There is, however, extensive variation in the strength of the autoimmune phenotype expressed by strains with an ACD6-Est allele, indicative of genetic modifiers. Quantitative genetic analysis suggests that the population genetic basis of ACD6 modulation is complex, with different strains often carrying different large-effect modifiers. One modifier is SUPPRESSOR OF NPR1-1, CONSTITUTIVE 1 (SNC1), located in a highly polymorphic cluster of nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptor genes, which are prototypes for qualitative disease resistance genes. Allelic variation at SNC1 correlates with ACD6-Est activity in multiple accessions, and a common structural variant affecting the NL linker sequence can explain differences in SNC1 activity. Taken together, we find that an NLR gene can mask the activity of an ACD6 autoimmune allele in natural A. thaliana populations, thereby linking different arms of the plant immune system.Author summaryPlants defend themselves against pathogens by activating immune responses. Unfortunately, these can cause unintended collateral damage to the plant itself. Nevertheless, some wild plants have genetic variants that confer a low threshold for the activation of immunity. While these enable a plant to respond particularly quickly to pathogen attack, such variants might be potentially dangerous. We are investigating one such variant of the immune gene ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 6 (ACD6) in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We discovered that there are variants at other genetic loci that can mask the effects of an overly active ACD6 gene. One of these genes, SUPPRESSOR OF NPR1-1, CONSTITUTIVE 1 (SNC1), codes for a known immune receptor. The SNC1 variant that attenuates ACD6 activity is rather common in A. thaliana populations, suggesting that new combinations of the hyperactive ACD6 variant and this antagonistic SNC1 variant will often arise by natural crosses. Similarly, because the two genes are unlinked, outcrossing will often lead to the hyperactive ACD6 variants being unmasked again. We propose that allelic diversity at SNC1 contributes to the maintenance of the hyperactive ACD6 variant in natural A. thaliana populations.

Cloning and Analysis of NBS-LRR Type Disease Resistance Gene Analogs from Rosa rubus in Yunnan

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Ling CHEN ◽  
Hao ZHANG ◽  
Xian-Qin QIU ◽  
Hui-Jun YAN ◽  
Qi-Gang WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene ◽  
Resistance Gene Analogs

Organization, Expression and Evolution of a Disease Resistance Gene Cluster in Soybean

Genetics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 1961-1977
Author(s):  
Michelle A Graham ◽  
Laura Fredrick Marek ◽  
Randy C Shoemaker
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Gene Evolution ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Disease Resistance Genes ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene ◽  
R Genes ◽  
Specific Primers

Abstract PCR amplification was previously used to identify a cluster of resistance gene analogues (RGAs) on soybean linkage group J. Resistance to powdery mildew (Rmd-c), Phytophthora stem and root rot (Rps2), and an ineffective nodulation gene (Rj2) map within this cluster. BAC fingerprinting and RGA-specific primers were used to develop a contig of BAC clones spanning this region in cultivar “Williams 82” [rps2, Rmd (adult onset), rj2]. Two cDNAs with homology to the TIR/NBD/LRR family of R-genes have also been mapped to opposite ends of a BAC in the contig Gm_Isb001_091F11 (BAC 91F11). Sequence analyses of BAC 91F11 identified 16 different resistance-like gene (RLG) sequences with homology to the TIR/NBD/LRR family of disease resistance genes. Four of these RLGs represent two potentially novel classes of disease resistance genes: TIR/NBD domains fused inframe to a putative defense-related protein (NtPRp27-like) and TIR domains fused inframe to soybean calmodulin Ca2+-binding domains. RT-PCR analyses using gene-specific primers allowed us to monitor the expression of individual genes in different tissues and developmental stages. Three genes appeared to be constitutively expressed, while three were differentially expressed. Analyses of the R-genes within this BAC suggest that R-gene evolution in soybean is a complex and dynamic process.

scholarly journals Organization and molecular evolution of a disease-resistance gene cluster in coffee trees

BMC Genomics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra F Ribas ◽  
Alberto Cenci ◽  
Marie-Christine Combes ◽  
Hervé Etienne ◽  
Philippe Lashermes
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Molecular Evolution ◽  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene ◽  
Resistance Gene Cluster

scholarly journals Evolution of a Complex Disease Resistance Gene Cluster in Diploid Phaseolus and Tetraploid Glycine

2012 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 336-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Ashfield ◽  
Ashley N. Egan ◽  
Bernard E. Pfeil ◽  
Nicolas W.G. Chen ◽  
Ram Podicheti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Disease Resistance Gene ◽  
Resistance Gene Cluster
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