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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 5, Pages 1373-1383Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04177.x
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A 12 kDa cysteine-rich protein is secreted by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici during colonization of tomato xylem vessels. Peptide sequences obtained with mass spectrometry allowed identification of the coding sequence. The gene encodes a 32 kDa protein, designated Six1 for (s) under bar ecreted (i) under barn (x) under bar ylem 1. The central part of Six1 corresponds to the 12 kDa protein found in xylem sap of infected plants. A mutant that had gained virulence on a tomato line with the I-3 resistance gene was found to have lost the SIX1 gene along with neighbouring sequences. Transformation of this mutant with SIX1 restored avirulence on the I-3 line. Conversely, deletion of the SIX1 gene in a wild-type strain results in breaking of I-3-mediated resistance. These results suggest that I-3-mediated resistance is based on recognition of Six1 secreted in xylem vessels.
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