Spontaneous and induced mutations in a single open reading frame alter both virulence and avirulence in Xanthomonas campestris pv Vesicatoria avrBs2

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Swords, KMM [1 ]
Dahlbeck, D [1 ]
Kearney, B [1 ]
Roy, M [1 ]
Staskawicz, BJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PLANT BIOL,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1128/jb.178.15.4661-4669.1996
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Molecular characterization of the avrBs2 locus from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria has revealed that expression of this gene triggers disease resistance in Bs2 pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants and contributes to virulence of the pathogen. Deletion analysis and site-directed mutagenesis established the avrBs2 gene as a 2,190-bp open reading frame encoding a putative 80.1-kDa protein. Two classes of Xanthomonas pathogens evading Bs2 host resistance and displaying reduced fitness were found to be specifically mutated in avrBs2. Members of one class contained a 5-bp insertion, while the second class was distinguished by a divergent 3' region of avrBs2; both mutant classes were complemented in trans by a plasmid-borne copy of avrBs2. A divergent avrBs2 homolog was cloned from the Brassica pathogen X. campestris pv. campestris. The predicted AvrBs2 proteins from the two Xanthomonas pathovars were strongly conserved and had predicted sequence similarity with both Agrobacterium tumefaciens agrocinopine synthase and Escherichia call UgpQ, two enzymes involved in the synthesis or hydrolysis of phosphodiester linkages. On the basis of homology with agrocinopine synthase and UgpQ and the dual phenotype of avirulence and virulence, several models for the function of AvrBs2 are proposed.
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