Role of Protease Inhibitors in Potato Protection |
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Authors: | Valueva T. A. Revina T. A. Gvozdeva E. L. Gerasimova N. G. Ozeretskovskaya O. L. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia |
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Abstract: | Mechanical wounding or infection of potatoes with Phytophthora infestans caused an accumulation of only serine protease inhibitors in exudates of potato tubers. Among them, proteins prevailed that are structurally similar to those present in healthy tubers: a 22-kDa trypsin inhibitor, a 21-kDa serine protease inhibitor consisting of two polypeptide chains, and a 8-kDa potato chymotrypsin I inhibitor produced de novo. The accumulated proteins inhibited the growth of hyphae and germination of zoospores of P. infestans. Treatment with elicitors, jasmonic and arachidonic acids, intensified the accumulation of these inhibitors in tubers in response to the wound stress, whereas salicylic acid blocked this process. These results suggest that lipoxygenase metabolism plays a substantial role in signal transduction of the protective system of resting potato tubers. |
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Keywords: | elicitors Phytophthora infestans potato tubers protein inhibitors |
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