First published online June 6, 2002; 10.1105/tpc.002253
The Plant Cell, Vol. 14, 1329-1345,
June 2002, Copyright © 2002,
American Society of Plant Biologists
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Glucanase Inhibitor Proteins
Coevolution of a Counterdefense Mechanism by Plant Pathogens
Jocelyn K. C. Rose1,2,
Kyung-Sik Ham3,
Alan G. Darvill and
Peter Albersheim
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail jr286{at}cornell.edu; fax 607-255-5407
A characteristic plant response to microbial attack is the production of endo- -1,3-glucanases, which are thought to play an important role in plant defense, either directly, through the degradation of -1,3/1,6-glucans in the pathogen cell wall, or indirectly, by releasing oligosaccharide elicitors that induce additional plant defenses. We report the sequencing and characterization of a class of proteins, termed glucanase inhibitor proteins (GIPs), that are secreted by the oomycete Phytophthora sojae, a pathogen of soybean, and that specifically inhibit the endoglucanase activity of their plant host. GIPs are homologous with the trypsin class of Ser proteases but are proteolytically nonfunctional because one or more residues of the essential catalytic triad is absent. However, specific structural features are conserved that are characteristic of protein–protein interactions, suggesting a mechanism of action that has not been described previously in plant pathogen studies. We also report the identification of two soybean endoglucanases: EGaseA, which acts as a high-affinity ligand for GIP1; and EGaseB, with which GIP1 does not show any association. In vitro, GIP1 inhibits the EGaseA-mediated release of elicitor-active glucan oligosaccharides from P. sojae cell walls. Furthermore, GIPs and soybean endoglucanases interact in vivo during pathogenesis in soybean roots. GIPs represent a novel counterdefensive weapon used by plant pathogens to suppress a plant defense response and potentially function as important pathogenicity determinants.
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