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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 27, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh4182
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- JSPS [P16406]
- JSPS KAKENHI [24114009, 24370024, 16K14757, 17H03967, 18H05487, 20H00422, 20KK0135]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H03967, 20KK0135, 20H00422, 24114009, 16K14757] Funding Source: KAKEN
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A newly discovered attractant from flaxseed mucilage enhances infection of Arabidopsis and tomato, resembling the pectic polysaccharide RG-I with fucose and galactose sidechains. The disaccharide alpha-l-galactosyl-1,3-l-rhamnose in the attractant is essential for nematode attraction, suggesting nematodes can detect environmental chemicals with high specificity.
Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are plant parasites and major agricultural pests. RKNs are thought to locate hosts through chemotaxis by sensing host-secreted chemoattractants; however, the structures and properties of these attractants are not well understood. Here, we describe a previously unknown RKN attractant from flaxseed mucilage that enhances infection of Arabidopsis and tomato, which resembles the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I). Fucose and galactose sidechains of the purified attractant were found to be required for attractant activity. Furthermore, the disaccharide alpha-l-galactosyl-1,3-l-rhamnose, which forms the linkage between the RG-I backbone and galactose sidechains of the purified attractant, was sufficient to attract RKN. These results show that the alpha-l-galactosyl-1,3-l-rhamnose linkage in the purified attractant from flaxseed mucilage is essential for RKN attraction. The present work also suggests that nematodes can detect environmental chemicals with high specificity, such as the presence of chiral centers and hydroxyl groups.
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