Abstract:
:Plants can recognize and resist invading pathogens by signaling the induction of rapid defense responses. Often these responses are mediated by single dominant resistance genes (R genes). The products of R genes have been postulated to recognize the pathogen and trigger rapid host defense responses. Here we describe isolation of the classical resistance gene N of tobacco that mediates resistance to the well-characterized pathogen tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). The N gene was isolated by transposon tagging using the maize Activator (Ac) transposon. We confirmed isolation of the N gene by complementation of the TMV-sensitive phenotype with a genomic DNA fragment. Sequence analysis of the N gene shows that it encodes a protein with an amino-terminal domain similar to that of the cytoplasmic domains of the Drosophila Toll protein and the interleukin 1 receptor in mammals, a putative nucleotide-binding site and 14 imperfect leucine-rich repeats. The presence of these functional domains in the predicted N gene product is consistent with the hypothesis that the N resistance gene functions in a signal transduction pathway. Similarities of N to Toll and the interleukin 1 receptor suggest a similar signaling mechanism leading to rapid gene induction and TMV resistance.
journal_name
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S Aauthors
Dinesh-Kumar SP,Whitham S,Choi D,Hehl R,Corr C,Baker Bdoi
10.1073/pnas.92.10.4175subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-05-09 00:00:00pages
4175-80issue
10eissn
0027-8424issn
1091-6490journal_volume
92pub_type
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