A Novel, Small Cysteine-Rich Effector, RsSCR10 in Is Sufficient to Trigger Plant Cell Death

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2021 Sep 9

PMID 34497591

Citations 11

Authors

Xianyu Niu

Guijing Yang

Hui Lin

Yao Liu

Ping Li

Aiping Zheng

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Abstract

The necrotrophic phytopathogen () is a fungus that causes disease in a wide range of plant species. Fungal genomes encode abundant, small cysteine-rich (SCR) secreted proteins, and the probable importance of these to pathogenesis has been highlighted in various pathogens. However, there are currently no reports of an SCR-secreted protein with evidential elicitor activity. In this study, the molecular function of 10 SCR-secreted protein genes from was explored by agroinfiltration into () leaves, and a novel SCR protein RsSCR10 was identified that triggered cell death and oxidative burst in tobacco. RsSCR10 comprises 84 amino acids, including a signal peptide (SP) of 19 amino acids that is necessary for RsSCR10 to induce tobacco cell death. Elicitation of cell death by RsSCR10 was dependent on Hsp90 but not on RAR1, proving its effector activity. Two cysteine residues have important effects on the function of RsSCR10 in inducing cell death. Furthermore, RsSCR10 showed cross-interaction with five rice molecules, and the inferred functions of these rice proteins suggest they are instrumental in how the host copes with adversity. Overall, this study demonstrates that RsSCR10 is a potential effector that has a critical role in AG1 IA-host interactions.

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