Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 209, Issue 4, Pages 1655-1667Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13710
Keywords
conidiogenesis; endocytosis; Magnapother oryzae; pathogenesis; Qc-SNARE; secretion
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- National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China [31325022]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB114000]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [31530063]
- Foundation of especially appointed Professorship (Jiangsu, China)
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) mediate cellular membrane fusion and intracellular vesicle trafficking in eukaryotic cells, and are critical in the growth and development of pathogenic fungi such as Magnaporthe oryzae which causes rice blast. Rice blast is thought to involve distinct SNARE-mediated transport and secretion of fungal effector proteins into the host to modulate rice immunity. We have previously characterized two SNARE proteins, secretory protein (MoSec22) and vesicle-associated membrane protein (MoVam7), as being important in cellular transport and pathogenicity. Here, we show that syntaxin 8 (MoSyn8), a Qc-SNARE protein homolog, also plays important roles in growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity. The MoSYN8 deletion mutant (Delta Mosyn8) mutant exhibits defects in endocytosis and Factin organization, appressorium turgor pressure generation, and host penetration. In addition, the Delta Mosyn8 mutant cannot elaborate biotrophic invasion of the susceptible rice host, or secrete avirulence factors Avr-Pia (corresponding to the rice resistance gene Pia) and Avrpiz-t (the cognate Avr gene for the resistance gene Piz-t) proteins. Our study of MoSyn8 advances our understanding of SNARE proteins in effector secretion which underlies the normal physiology and pathogenicity of M. oryzae, and it sheds new light on the mechanism of the blight disease caused by M. oryzae.
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