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Identification of Post-translational Modifications of Plant Protein Complexes
Published on: February 22, 2014
The A. thaliana disease resistance gene RPS2 encodes a protein containing a nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich
M Mindrinos1, F Katagiri, G L Yu
1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
In plants, resistance to a pathogen is frequently correlated with a genetically defined interaction between a plant resistance gene and a corresponding pathogen avirulence gene. A simple model explains these gene-for-gene interactions: avirulence gene products generate signals (ligands), and resistance genes encode cognate receptors. The A. thaliana RPS2 gene confers resistance to the bacterial pathogen P. syringae carrying the avirulence gene avrRpt2. A map-based positional cloning strategy was used to identify RPS2. The identification of RPS2 was verified using a newly developed transient assay for RPS2 function and by genetic complementation in transgenic plants. RPS2 encodes a novel 105 kDa protein containing a leucine zipper, a nucleotide-binding site, and 14 imperfect leucine-rich repeats.
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