Paper · 2021 · The Plant Journal

A protein kinase–major sperm protein gene hijacked by a necrotrophic fungal pathogen triggers disease susceptibility in wheat

Zengcui Zhang; Katherine L. D. Running; Sudeshi Seneviratne; et al.

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Abstract

Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), a disease caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, is a threat to wheat (Triticum aestivum) production worldwide. Multiple inverse gene-for-gene interactions involving the recognition of necrotrophic effectors (NEs) by wheat sensitivity genes play major roles in causing SNB. One interaction involves the wheat gene Snn3 and the P. nodorum NE SnTox3. Here, we used a map-based strategy to clone the Snn3-D1 gene from Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome progenitor of common wheat. Snn3-D1 contained protein kinase and major sperm protein domains, both of which were essential for function as confirmed by mutagenesis. As opposed to other characterized interactions in this pathosystem, a compatible Snn3-D1-SnTox3 interaction was light-independent, and Snn3-D1 transcriptional expression was downregulated by light and upregulated by darkness. Snn3-D1 likely emerged in Ae. tauschii due to an approximately 218-kb insertion that occurred along the west bank of the Caspian Sea. The identification of this new class of NE sensitivity genes combined with the previously cloned sensitivity genes demonstrates that P. nodorum can take advantage of diverse host targets to trigger SNB susceptibility in wheat.

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Snn3-D1 was cloned from Aegilops tauschii.

Taxon
Aegilops tauschiiAegilops tauschiie0
Gene
Snn3-D1e0
Outcome
Snn3-D1 genee0

Not reportedComparatorValue

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Aegilops tauschii
Aegilops tauschii · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryOleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“clone the Snn3-D1 gene from Aegilops tauschii”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The protein kinase and major sperm protein domains were essential for Snn3-D1 function.

Gene
Snn3-D1e0
Outcome
essential for functione0
Qualifier
protein kinase and major sperm protein domainse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Snn3-D1 contained protein kinase and major sperm protein domains, both of which were essential for function as confirmed by mutagenesis”

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“wheat”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The compatible Snn3-D1-SnTox3 interaction was light-independent.

Interactor
Parastagonospora nodorumParastagonospora nodorume1pathogen
Gene
Snn3-D1e0
Outcome
light-independente0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Parastagonospora nodorum
Parastagonospora nodorum · InteractorM. Fernandez-Gamarra, L. Talavera-Stefani, Y. Mongelos-Franco, C. Burgos-Cantoni, A. Sanabria-Velazquez, G. Caballero-Mairesse, P. Chavez, M. Vargas, R. Scholz, · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“a compatible Snn3-D1-SnTox3 interaction was light-independent”

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“wheat”

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“the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Light downregulated Snn3-D1 transcription.

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lighte0
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Snn3-D1e0
Outcome
Snn3-D1 transcriptional expressione0
Direction
downregulatede0

Not reportedComparator

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Snn3-D1 transcriptional expression was downregulated by light”

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“wheat”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Darkness upregulated Snn3-D1 transcription.

Treatment
darknesse0
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Snn3-D1e0
Outcome
Snn3-D1 transcriptional expressione0
Direction
upregulatede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Snn3-D1 transcriptional expression was downregulated by light and upregulated by darkness”

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“wheat”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Snn3-D1 likely arose in Aegilops tauschii through an approximately 218-kb insertion near the Caspian Sea.

Taxon
Ae. tauschiie0
Gene
Snn3-D1e0
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likely emergede0
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approximately 218-kb insertione0
Setting
west bank of the Caspian Seae0

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“Snn3-D1 likely emerged in Ae. tauschii due to an approximately 218-kb insertion that occurred along the west bank of the Caspian Sea”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Parastagonospora nodorum can exploit diverse host targets to trigger wheat susceptibility.

Interactor
P. nodorumParastagonospora nodorume0pathogen
Outcome
SNB susceptibilitye0
Qualifier
diverse host targetse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Parastagonospora nodorum
Parastagonospora nodorum · InteractorM. Fernandez-Gamarra, L. Talavera-Stefani, Y. Mongelos-Franco, C. Burgos-Cantoni, A. Sanabria-Velazquez, G. Caballero-Mairesse, P. Chavez, M. Vargas, R. Scholz, · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“P. nodorum can take advantage of diverse host targets to trigger SNB susceptibility in wheat”

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