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PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 12, Pages 1305-1311Publisher
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-98-12-1305
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blast resistance gene; Oryza spp.
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service [NP301]
- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
- National Science Foundation [0638820]
- Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board
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The Pi-ta gene in rice confers resistance to races of Magnaporthe oryzae that contain AVR-Pita. Pi-ta encodes a predicted cytoplasmic receptor protein with a nucleotide-binding site and a leucine-rich domain. A panel of 51 Oryza accessions or AA genome species Oryza sativa, O. glaberrima, O. rufipogon, O. nivara, and O. barthii, anti CC genome species species O. officinalis were sequenced to investigate the diversity present in the exon and intron regions of the Pi-ta gene. Two major clades were identified, consisting of 16 different sequences with numerous insertion and deletions. Only one Pi-ta resistance allele was identified despite DNA sequences revealing 16 Pi-ta variants. Most differences were identified in the intron region, and obvious Selection of any motif was not observed in the coding region of Pi-ta variants. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis of seedlings revealed that all Pi-ta variants were expressed with or without pathogen inoculation. The 15 Pi-ta variants can be translated into nine proteins highly similar to the Pi-ta protein. Resistance to M. oryzae expressing AVR-Pita correlates with alanine and susceptibility correlates with serine at position 918 of Pi-ta in most accessions examined. These data confirm that a single amino acid controlling resistance Specificity underlies the evolution of resistance of Pi-ta genes in rice.
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