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ArticleMolecular plant pathology2020

Pm21 CC domain activity modulated by intramolecular interactions is implicated in cell death and disease resistance.

Anli Gao, Minjie Hu, Yifei Gong, Ruixiang Dong, Yuan Jiang, Shanying Zhu, Jian Ji, Dale Zhang, Suoping Li, Huagang He

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Anli GaoSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5045-7306
Minjie HuSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Yifei GongSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Ruixiang DongSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Yuan JiangSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Shanying ZhuSchool of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Jian JiSchool of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Dale ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Suoping LiSchool of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Huagang HeSchool of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1170-5335
Henan University · CNJiangsu University · CN

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Abstract

Nucleotide-binding (NB) leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptors (NLRs) provide resistance against several plant pathogens. We previously cloned the wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm21, which encodes a coiled-coil (CC) NLR that confers broad-spectrum resistance against Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici. Here, we report comprehensive biochemical and functional analyses of Pm21 CC domain in Nicotiana benthamiana. Transient overexpression assay suggested that only the extended CC (eCC, amino acid residues 1-159) domain has cell-death-inducing activity, whereas the CC-containing truncations, including CC-NB and CC-NB-LRR, do not induce cell-death responses. Coimmunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assay showed that the eCC domain self-associates and interacts with the NB and LRR domains in planta. These results imply that the activity of the eCC domain is inhibited by the intramolecular interactions of different domains in the absence of pathogens. We found that the LRR domain plays a crucial role in D491V-mediated full-length (FL) Pm21 autoactivation. Some mutations in the CC domain leading to the loss of Pm21 resistance to powdery mildew impaired the CC activity of cell-death induction. Two mutations (R73Q and E80K) interfered with D491V-mediated Pm21 autoactivation without affecting the cell-death-inducing activity of the eCC domain. Notably, some susceptible mutants harbouring mutations in the CC domain still exhibited cell-death-inducing activity. Taken together, these results implicate the CC domain of Pm21 in cell-death signalling and disease-resistance signalling, which are potentially independent of each other.

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Cell DeathDisease ResistanceMutationNicotianaNLR ProteinsPlant CellsPlant DiseasesProtein DomainsSignal TransductionTriticumNLR ProteinsCC domaincell deathdisease resistanceintramolecular interactionPm21

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PMID32421925
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