Resistance gene homologues in melon are linked to genetic loci conferring disease and pest resistance

Genomic and cDNA fragments with homology to known disease resistance genes (RGH fragments) were cloned from Cucumis melo using degenerate-primer PCR. Fifteen homologues of the NBS-LRR gene family have been isolated. The NBS-LRR homologues show high divergence and, based on the partial NBS-fragment sequences, appear to include members of the two major subfamilies that have been described in dicot plants, one that possesses a TIR-protein element and one that lacks such a domain. Genomic organization of these sequences was explored by DNA gel-blot analysis, and conservation among other Cucurbitaceae was assessed. Two mapping populations that segregate for several disease and pest resistance loci were used to map the RGH probes onto the melon genetic map. Several NBS-LRR related sequences mapped to the vicinity of genetic loci that control resistance to papaya ringspot virus, Fusarium oxysporum race 1, F. oxysporum race 2 and to the insect pest Aphis gossypii. The utility of such markers for breeding resistant melon cultivars and for cloning the respective R-genes is discussed.     

Characterization and expression profiling of a novel cereal cyst nematode resistance gene analog in wheat

Based on the conserved regions of known resistance genes, an NBS-LRR-type CCN resistance gene analog was isolated from the CCN resistant E-10 near isogenic lines (NILs) of wheat, designated as CreZ (GenBank accession number: EU327996). It contained a complete ORF that was 2775 bp in length and encoded 924 amino acids. Sequence comparison indicated that it shared 92% nucleotide and 87% amino acid identity with those of the known CCN-resistance gene Cre3 and had similar characteristic conserved motifs to those in other established NBS-LRR disease resistance genes. The expression profiling of CreZ indicated that it was specifically expressed in the roots of resistant plants and real-time PCR analysis demonstrated that expression levels drastically increased when the plants were inoculated with cereal cyst nematodes. It could be inferred, then, that CreZ belongs to the NBS-LRR resistance gene family and is a candidate gene for potential resistance to the cereal cyst nematode. Published in Russian in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2008, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 1070–1077. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

结球甘蓝抗TuMV相关基因的克隆

以结球甘蓝高抗TuMV自交不亲和系84075为材料,构建了cDNA文库。根据抗病基因保守序列（NBS－LRR）设计一对简并引物,以84075的基因组DNA和cDNA为模板,进行PCR扩增,分别扩增出一条513bp片段,扩增片段进行克隆测序。选取两个与抗病基因同源性较高的克隆片段作探针（命名Borl,Bor2）,对构建的cDNA文库进行筛选,得到一个阳性克隆（命名TuR2）,测序及序列分析表明,该基因总长为762bp,编码226个氨基酸、包含681bp的开放阅读框。与已克隆的抗病基因有不同程度的同源性。利用TuR2作探针,进行了Southern杂交、Northern杂交以及抗病性的共分离检测分析。结果表明,TuR2可能吧单拷贝形式存在,其表达是组成成型的,且无组织特异性;初步确定是一个与结球甘蓝抗TuMV相关的基因。     

小麦抗赤霉病品种NBS同源序列克隆与分析

根据二穗短柄草NBS-LRR类基因的保守序列设计同源引物,以小麦抗赤霉病品种苏麦3号、宁7840和望水白基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增,得到43条序列,其中4条为非编码序列或结构域不完整;39条与植物抗病基因同源,其中的7条内部存在终止密码子,可能是假基因,经过比对分析,其余32条具有连续的开放阅读框和保守结构域,推导的氨基酸序列均具有Kinase-1a、Kinase-2和Kinase-3a及GLPL区等几个保守区,在GenBank中均能找到与之高度同源的其他物种的核酸序列,并且Kinase-2的最后一个氨基酸均为色氨酸(W),属于non-TIR类NBS基因。32条序列可分为4大类,它们之间核苷酸同源性为64%-98%,编码氨基酸同源性为22%-98%。根据序列分析随机设计5对不同基因特异性引物,并利用RT-PCR技术进行表达分析,结果表明,7-1、s-3、s-4和w-2均能表达,说明这些片段可能是功能性抗病基因的部分序列;7-13不表达,再次证明属于假基因。32条序列在之前未被报道过,这些RGA可以作为筛选赤霉病功能性抗病基因的候选序列。     

小麦NBS-LRR类抗病基因同源序列的分离与鉴定

根据已知植物抗病基因的保守区域设计引物,从抗锈病小麦品种西农88基因组DNA扩增出3条与植物抗病基因同源的序列,分别为WRGA1、WRGA2和WRGA14。这三条同源片段均含有典型的NBS-LRR类抗病基因所拥有的保守性结构域Kinase-2a、Kinase-3a和疏水结构域(HD)．它们与部分已知NBS-LRR类抗病基因的氨基酸序列同源性为46．0%-9．9%,三个片段间在氨基酸水平上的同源性为80．7%-56．8%。Northern杂交表明WRGA1在小麦中受水杨酸正调控,属诱导型表达。     

Isolation,genetic variation and expression of TIR-NBS-LRR resistance gene analogs from western white pine (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus monticola </Emphasis>Dougl. ex. D. Don.)

Western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl. ex. D. Don., WWP) shows genetic variation in disease resistance to white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola). Most plant disease resistance (R) genes encode proteins that belong to a superfamily with nucleotide-binding site domains (NBS) and C-terminal leucine-rich repeats (LRR). In this work a PCR strategy was used to clone R gene analogs (RGAs) from WWP using oligonucleotide primers based on the conserved sequence motifs in the NBS domain of angiosperm NBS-LRR genes. Sixty-seven NBS sequences were cloned from disease-resistant trees. BLAST searches in GenBank revealed that they shared significant identity to well-characterized R genes from angiosperms, including L and M genes from flax, the tobacco N gene and the soybean gene LM6. Sequence alignments revealed that the RGAs from WWP contained the conserved motifs identified in angiosperm NBS domains, especially those motifs specific for TIR-NBS-LRR proteins. Phylogenic analysis of plant R genes and RGAs indicated that all cloned WWP RGAs can be grouped into one major branch together with well-known R proteins carrying a TIR domain, suggesting they belong to the subfamily of TIR-NBS-LRR genes. In one phylogenic tree, WWP RGAs were further subdivided into fourteen clusters with an amino acid sequence identity threshold of 75%. cDNA cloning and RT-PCR analysis with gene-specific primers demonstrated that members of 10 of the 14 RGA classes were expressed in foliage tissues, suggesting that a large and diverse NBS-LRR gene family may be functional in conifers. These results provide evidence for the hypothesis that conifer RGAs share a common origin with R genes from angiosperms, and some of them may play important roles in defense mechanisms that confer disease resistance in western white pine. Ratios of non-synonymous to synonymous nucleotide substitutions (Ka/Ks) in the WWP NBS domains were greater than 1 or close to 1, indicating that diversifying selection and/or neutral selection operate on the NBS domains of the WWP RGA family.Communicated by R. Hagemann     

小麦Mlo及NBS-LRR类抗病基因同源序列的分离与鉴定

根据GenBank中公布的大麦白粉病抗性控制基因Mlo cDNA序列及一个来源于栽培一粒小麦(Triticum monococcum L.)的假定抗病基因序列分别设计引物,以携带小麦抗白粉病基因的近等基因系为材料进行RT-PCR筛选.结果获得两个表达基因的cDNA克隆.其中一个与大麦白粉病抗性控制基因Mlo的同源性达83%.另一个为非通读序列,含有两个可能的开放阅读框,分别包含抗病基因NBS保守结构域2和3以及与水稻抗稻瘟病基因Pib蛋白末端相似的13个LRR区域,推测该序列属于NBS-LRR类.白粉菌诱导前后,该片段RT-PCR扩增产物存在差异,表明该片段可能与小麦抗病性相关.利用"中国春"缺体-四体系,将该NBS-LRR类序列定位在小麦1D染色体上.     

The cre1 and cre3 nematode resistance genes are located at homeologous loci in the wheat genome

Differential responses in host-nematode pathotype interactions occur in wheat lines carrying different cereal cyst nematode resistance (Cre) genes. Cre1, located on chromosome 2B, confers resistance to most European nematodes and the sole Australian pathotype, while Cre3, present on chromosome 2D, is highly resistant to the Australian pathotype and susceptible to a number of European pathotypes. Genes encoding nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat (NBS-LRR) proteins that cosegregate with the Cre3 locus cross hybridize to homologues whose restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns distinguish near-isogenic Cre1 nematode-resistant wheat lines. Genetic mapping showed that the NBS-LRR gene members that distinguished the Cre1 near-isogenic lines were located on chromosome 2BL at a locus, designated Xcsl107, that cosegregates with the Cre1 locus. A haplotype of NBS-LRR genes from the Xcsl107 locus provides a diagnostic marker for the presence of Cre1 nematode resistance in a wide collection of wheat lines and segregating families. Genetic analysis of NBS-LRR haplotypes that cosegregate with Cre1 and Cre3 resistance, together with flanking cDNA markers and other markers from homoeologous group 2 chromosomes, revealed a conserved gene order that suggests Cre1 and Cre3 are homeoloci.     

Isolation and characterization of an IAA-responsive gene from Gossypium barbadense L.

The full-length cDNA of an IAA-responsive gene was cloned from Gossypium barbadense L. (designated as Gbiaa-Re) by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Gbiaa-Re gene was 1043-bp long and contained a 573-bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 190 amino acid residues. Homology analysis revealed that Gbiaa-Re strongly resembled known plant IAA-responsive genes. The conserved integrated domain "AUX_IAA, AUX/IAA family" resided within the region from L11, to V190 of GbIAA-RE, and the 4 typically conserved domains of IAA-responsive gene family were all found in GbIAA-RE. The secondary structure of GbIAA-RE consisted of 20.53% alpha helix, 13.68% extended strand and 65.79% random coil. In total, 12 phosphorylation sites, 1 N-glycosylation site and 4 O-beta-GlcNAc attachment sites were predicted. Southern blot analysis indicated that Gbiaa-Re belonged to a low-copy gene family. Semi-quantitative PCR analysis indicated that the expression of Gbiaa-Re gene was inducible by IAA. Our studies suggested that Gbiaa-Re was a new member of plant AUX/IAA gene family.     

Species-specific duplications driving the recent expansion of NBS-LRR genes in five Rosaceae species

Background

Disease resistance (R) genes from different Rosaceae species have been identified by map-based cloning for resistance breeding. However, there are few reports describing the pattern of R-gene evolution in Rosaceae species because several Rosaceae genome sequences have only recently become available.

Results

Since most disease resistance genes encode NBS-LRR proteins, we performed a systematic genome-wide survey of NBS-LRR genes between five Rosaceae species, namely Fragaria vesca (strawberry), Malus × domestica (apple), Pyrus bretschneideri (pear), Prunus persica (peach) and Prunus mume (mei) which contained 144, 748, 469, 354 and 352 NBS-LRR genes, respectively. A high proportion of multi-genes and similar Ks peaks (Ks = 0.1- 0.2) of gene families in the four woody genomes were detected. A total of 385 species-specific duplicate clades were observed in the phylogenetic tree constructed using all 2067 NBS-LRR genes. High percentages of NBS-LRR genes derived from species-specific duplication were found among the five genomes (61.81% in strawberry, 66.04% in apple, 48.61% in pear, 37.01% in peach and 40.05% in mei). Furthermore, the Ks and Ka/Ks values of TIR-NBS-LRR genes (TNLs) were significantly greater than those of non-TIR-NBS-LRR genes (non-TNLs), and most of the NBS-LRRs had Ka/Ks ratios less than 1, suggesting that they were evolving under a subfunctionalization model driven by purifying selection.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that recent duplications played an important role in the evolution of NBS-LRR genes in the four woody perennial Rosaceae species. Based on the phylogenetic tree produced, it could be inferred that species-specific duplication has mainly contributed to the expansion of NBS-LRR genes in the five Rosaceae species. In addition, the Ks and Ka/Ks ratios suggest that the rapidly evolved TNLs have different evolutionary patterns to adapt to different pathogens compared with non-TNL resistant genes.

Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1291-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

水稻白叶枯病候选抗性基因SHNLR的RGAs克隆及分析

旨在从含有疣粒野生稻抗白叶枯病基因的新种质SH5、SH76基因组中克隆抗病基因。利用RGAs法得到1个NBS-LRR类同源基因,暂命名为SHNLR(登录号为JF934724)。结果表明,SHNLR的开放阅读框长度为3 105 bp,编码1 034个氨基酸,含有CC、NB-ARC与LRR结构域,具备CC-NBS-LRR类植物抗病基因的结构特征。BLASTn和BLASTp比对显示SHNLR是单拷贝基因,未发现同源性较高且功能已知的基因,仅NBS保守域序列与番茄Prf基因的相似度最高。对SHNLR基因电子定位,发现其位于水稻第11号染色体的长臂末端,但与11号染色体上已定位或克隆的8个白叶枯病抗性基因具有不同序列或处于不同的位置。半定量RT-PCR分析表明,SHNLR在抗病新种质叶片中的表达明显受到白叶枯病菌Zhe173的诱导。因此推测SHNLR可能是1个与抗白叶枯病相关的R基因。     

Cloning and characterisation of a family of disease resistance gene analogs from wheat and barley

 The most common class of plant disease resistance (R) genes cloned so far belong to the NBS-LRR group which contain nucleotide-binding sites (NBS) and a leucine-rich repeat (LRR). Specific primer sequences derived from a previously isolated NBS-LRR sequence at the Cre3 locus, which confers resistance to cereal cyst nematode (CCN) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were used in isolating a family of resistance gene analogs (RGA) through a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) cloning approach. The cloning, analysis and genetic mapping of a family of RGAs from wheat (cv ‘Chinese Spring’) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cvs ‘Chebec’ and ‘Harrington’) are presented. The wheat and barley RGAs contain other conserved motifs present in known R genes from other plants and share between 55–99% amino acid sequence identity to the NBS-LRR sequence at the Cre3 locus. Phylogenetic analysis of the RGAs with other cloned R genes and RGAs from various plant species indicate that they belong to a superfamily of NBS-containing genes. Two of the barley derived RGAs were mapped onto loci on chromosomes 2H (2), 5H (7) and 7H (1) using barley doubled haploid (DH) mapping populations. Some of these loci identified are associated with regions carrying resistance to CCN and corn leaf aphid. Received: 6 January 1998 / Accepted: 1 April 1998     

Characterization of disease resistance gene candidates of the nucleotide binding site (NBS) type from banana and correlation of a transcriptional polymorphism with resistance to <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium oxysporum</Emphasis> f.sp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">cubense</Emphasis> race 4

Most plant disease resistance (R) genes encode proteins with a nucleotide binding site and leucine-rich repeat structure (NBS-LRR). In this study, degenerate primers were used to amplify genomic NBS-type sequences from wild banana (Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis) plants resistant to the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis (f. sp.) cubense (FOC) race 4. Five different classes of NBS-type sequences were identified and designated as resistance gene candidates (RGCs). The deduced amino acid sequences of the RGCs revealed the presence of motifs characteristic of the majority of known plant NBS-LRR resistance genes. Structural and phylogenetic analyses grouped the banana RGCs within the non-TIR (homology to Toll/interleukin-1 receptors) subclass of NBS sequences. Southern hybridization showed that each banana RGC is present in low copy number. The expression of the RGCs was assessed by RT-PCR in leaf and root tissues of plants resistant or susceptible to FOC race 4. RGC1, 3 and 5 showed a constitutive expression profile in both resistant and susceptible plants whereas no expression was detected for RGC4. Interestingly, RGC2 expression was found to be associated only to FOC race 4 resistant lines. This finding could assist in the identification of a FOC race 4 resistance gene.     

Characterization of an NBS-LRR resistance gene homologue from soybean

Conserved motifs such as the nucleotide-binding site (NBS) were found in many characterized plant disease resistance genes. Based on the NBS domain, resistance gene analogs have been isolated in our previous study and were used as probes to screen a soybean (Glycine max) cDNA library. A full-length cDNA, KR4, was isolated by screening the library and rapid amplification of cDNA ends method. Sequence analysis revealed that the cDNA was 3818 bp in length and the open reading frame coded for a polypeptide of 1211 amino acids with an NBS and five leucine-rich repeats domains, which were identified by Pfam protein analysis. Sequence alignment showed that KR4 was similar to 12 protein of tomato. Southern analysis indicated that the KR4 gene had low copies in soybean genome and it was mapped on the molecular linkage group E. Its expression was also investigated and it was found that KR4 was induced by exogenous salicylic acid and responded upon infection of soybean mosaic virus strain N3.     

Cloning of a Resistance Gene Analog from Wheat and Development of a Codominant PCR Marker for Pm21

To Investigate the mechanism of resistance to wheat （Triticum aestivum L.） powdery mildew, suppression subtractlve hybridization was conducted between an isogenic resistant line carrying Pm21 and its recurrent parent Yangmal 5 to Isolate the resistance relative genes. A cDNA fragment specifically expressed in the resistant line was obtained and its full length was cloned by in silico cloning and RT-PCR. This gene encoded a deduced protein of 219 amino acids with a leucine-rich repeat （LRR） motif, often found In plant resistance genes, and was designated as Ta-LRR2. Ta-LRR2 had an increased expression level in the resistant line after Inoculation with Erysiphe graminis DC. f. sp. tritici Marchal. PCR analysis with different cytogenetlc stocks suggested that Ta-LRR2 was specifically associated with chromosome arms 6VS and 6AS. Linkage analysis further showed that Ta-LRR2 could be used as a resistance gene analog polymorphism marker of Pm21 for marker-assisted selection in germplasm enhancement and breeding practice. Moreover, how to Isolate Pm21 based on the Information obtained for Ta-LRR2 is discussed.     

甜瓜抗霜霉病基因同源序列克隆与分析

采用RT—PCR扩增的方法,从高抗霜霉病甜瓜品种‘日本安农二号’中克隆到约3kb的cDNA片段（命名为MRGH-D,该基因是一个连续的通读编码框,编码1007个氨基酸。推测的蛋白质分子量为113．7kDa,等电点为7．88,蛋白质预测无跨膜区。根据推测的氨基酸序列,该基因属于TIR—NBS—LRR类抗病基因,具有TIR-NBS—LRR类抗病基因所有的保守结构域。核苷酸序列和氨基酸序列同源性分析结果显示,MRGH-J与甜瓜抗病基因的同源序列MRGHl2及抗霜霉病相关基因mp-19均具有高达99％的同源性,推测该基因可能在甜瓜抗霜霉病中起作用。     

Polypeptide chain elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) from yeast: nucleotide sequence of one of the two genes for EF-1 alpha from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Messenger RNA for yeast cytosolic polypeptide chain elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) was partially purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Double-stranded complementary DNA (cDNA) was synthesized and cloned in Escherichia coli with pBR327 as a vector. Recombinant plasmid carrying yEF-1 alpha cDNA was identified by cross-hybridization with the E. coli tufB gene and the yeast mitochondrial EF-Tu gene (tufM) under non-stringent conditions. A yeast gene library was then screened with the EF-1 alpha cDNA and several clones containing the chromosomal gene for EF-1 alpha were isolated. Restriction analysis of DNA fragments of these clones as well as the Southern hybridization of yeast genomic DNA with labelled EF-1 alpha cDNA indicated that there are two EF-1 alpha genes in S. cerevisiae. The nucleotide sequence of one of the two EF-1 alpha genes (designated as EF1 alpha A) was established together with its 5'- and 3'-flanking sequences. The sequence contained 1374 nucleotides coding for a protein of 458 amino acids with a calculated mol. wt. of 50 300. The derived amino acid sequence showed homologies of 31% and 32% with yeast mitochondrial EF-Tu and E. coli EF-Tu, respectively.