THE PLANT CELL, Vol 5, Issue 5 531-539, Copyright © 1993 by American Society of Plant Biologists

RESEARCH ARTICLES

An S Receptor Kinase Gene in Self-Compatible Brassica napus Has a 1-bp Deletion

D. R. Goring, T. L. Glavin, U. Schafer and S. J. Rothstein
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

S locus glycoprotein (SLG) and S locus receptor kinase (SRK) cDNAs were isolated from an S allele present in a number of self-compatible Brassica napus lines. This A10 allele did not segregate with self-incompatibility in crosses involving other self-incompatible B. napus lines. The SLG-A10 cDNA was found to contain an intact open reading frame and was predicted to encode an SLG protein with sequence similarities to those previously associated with phenotypically strong self-incompatibility reactions. SLG-A10 transcripts were detected in the developing stigma at steady state levels even higher than those detected for SLG alleles linked with self-incompatibility. Analysis of the corresponding SRK-A10 cDNA showed that it was very similar to other S locus receptor kinase genes and was expressed predominantly in the stigma. However, a 1-bp deletion was detected in the SRK gene toward the 3[prime] end of the SLG homology domain. This deletion would lead to premature termination of translation and the production of a truncated SRK protein. The A10 allele was determined to represent a B. oleracea S allele based on its segregation pattern with the B. oleracea S24 allele when both these alleles were present in the same B. napus background. These results suggest that a functional SRK gene is required for Brassica self-incompatibility.

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