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BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0442-4
关键词
U-box; E3 ligase; Protein interaction; Blast resistance; Cell death; Rice
资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB100706, 2012CB114005]
- Transgenic Projects from Chinese Ministry of Agriculture [2013ZX08009-001, 2014ZX0800903B]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31171622, 31123007, 31371705]
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, China [2012B0301]
Background: Rice blast disease is one of the most destructive diseases of rice worldwide. We previously cloned the rice blast resistance gene Pid2, which encodes a transmembrane receptor-like kinase containing an extracellular B-lectin domain and an intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain. However, little is known about Pid2-mediated signaling. Results: Here we report the functional characterization of the U-box/ARM repeat protein OsPUB15 as one of the PID2-binding proteins. We found that OsPUB15 physically interacted with the kinase domain of PID2 (PID2K) in vitro and in vivo and the ARM repeat domain of OsPUB15 was essential for the interaction. In vitro biochemical assays indicated that PID2K possessed kinase activity and was able to phosphorylate OsPUB15. We also found that the phosphorylated form of OsPUB15 possessed E3 ligase activity. Expression pattern analyses revealed that OsPUB15 was constitutively expressed and its encoded protein OsPUB15 was localized in cytosol. Transgenic rice plants over-expressing OsPUB15 at early stage displayed cell death lesions spontaneously in association with a constitutive activation of plant basal defense responses, including excessive accumulation of hydrogen peroxide, up-regulated expression of pathogenesis-related genes and enhanced resistance to blast strains. We also observed that, along with plant growth, the cell death lesions kept spreading over the whole seedlings quickly resulting in a seedling lethal phenotype. Conclusions: These results reveal that the E3 ligase OsPUB15 interacts directly with the receptor-like kinase PID2 and regulates plant cell death and blast disease resistance.
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