スムート菌の病原性決定因子は,ゲノム比較によって明らかになった
Jan Schirawski1, Gertrud Mannhaupt, Karin Münch
1Department of Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 15, 2010
まとめ
トウモロコシの病原体Sporisorium reilianumとUstilago maydisの比較ゲノミクスは,43の変数ゲノム領域を特定しました. 4つの新しい領域がU. maydisの毒性の決定因子であることが確認され,病原体効果因子の発見に役立ちました.
科学分野:
- 植物病理学 植物病理学
- 菌類のゲノミクスについて
- 分子植物-微生物の相互作用
背景:
- Ustilago maydisやSporisorium reilianumのようなバイオトロフキノコ病原菌は,宿主植物を操作するためにタンパク質エフェクターを分泌する.
- これらの分泌された効果因子の急速な進化は,病原体の毒性にとって極めて重要です.
- 新しい毒性の要因を特定することは,宿主-病原体ダイナミクスを理解するための鍵です.
研究 の 目的:
- 比較ゲノミクスを通じて,S. reilianumの分泌エフェクターをコードする変数ゲノム領域を特定する.
- U. maydis. の新規ウイルス性決定因子を機能的に特徴づける.
主な方法:
- スポリスorium reilianumのゲノム配列決定.
- S. reilianumとUstilago maydis.との間の比較ゲノム解析について
- 低配列保存のシンテニック領域の識別.
- U. maydisの削除分析は,特定された領域の毒性を評価するために行われます.
主要な成果:
- S. reilianumとU. maydisのゲノム間で,低配列保存の43の領域が特定されました.
- これらの変数領域は,分泌されたエフェクタと既知の毒性のクラスターをコードする遺伝子に富んでいる.
- U. maydisで以前に特徴づけられなかった4つの多様性領域の削除は,ウイルス性に影響を及ぼす可能性があります.
結論:
- 密接に関連した真菌種の比較ゲノミクスは,毒性の決定因子を発見するための強力なアプローチです.
- 変異性ゲノム領域に存在する新しいエフェクター遺伝子は,真菌病原体の毒性において重要な役割を果たします.
- これらの効果因子-宿主相互作用を理解することで,植物病に対する戦略を策定することができます.
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