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MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
卷 18, 期 7, 页码 949-962出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12451
关键词
cabbage; ferric iron uptake; siderophore; vibrioferrin; virulence; xanthoferrin
资金
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Human Resource Development Group (CSIR-HRDG) Government of India
- Department of Science and Technology - Science & Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Government of India
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, India
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris causes black rot, a serious disease of crucifers. Xanthomonads encode a siderophore biosynthesis and uptake gene cluster xss (Xanthomonas siderophore synthesis) involved in the production of a vibrioferrin-type siderophore. However, little is known about the role of the siderophore in the iron uptake and virulence of X. campestris pv. campestris. In this study, we show that X. campestris pv. campestris produces an alpha-hydroxycarboxylate-type siderophore (named xanthoferrin), which is required for growth under low-iron conditions and for optimum virulence. A mutation in the siderophore synthesis xssA gene causes deficiency in siderophore production and growth under low-iron conditions. In contrast, the siderophore utilization DxsuA mutant is able to produce siderophore, but exhibits a defect in the utilization of the siderophore-iron complex. Our radiolabelled iron uptake studies confirm that the Delta xssA and DxsuA mutants exhibit defects in ferric iron (Fe3+) uptake. The DxssA mutant is able to utilize and transport the exogenous xanthoferrin-Fe3+ complex; in contrast, the siderophore utilization or uptake mutant DxsuA exhibits defects in siderophore uptake. Expression analysis of the xss operon using a chromosomal gusA fusion indicates that the xss operon is expressed during in planta growth and under low-iron conditions. Furthermore, exogenous iron supplementation in cabbage leaves rescues the in planta growth deficiency of DxssA and DxsuA mutants. Our study reveals that the siderophore xanthoferrin is an important virulence factor of X. campestris pv. campestris which promotes in planta growth by the sequestration of Fe3+.
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