Elicitin recognition confers enhanced resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato

Du, Juan, Verzaux, Estelle, Chaparro-Garcia, Angela, Bijsterbosch, Gerard, Keizer, L. C. Paul, Zhou, Ji, Liebrand, Thomas W. H., Xie, Conghua, Govers, Francine, Robatzek, Silke, Van Der Vossen, Edwin A. G., Jacobsen, Evert, Visser, Richard G. F., Kamoun, Sophien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0290-0315 and Vleeshouwers, Vivianne G. A. A. (2015) Elicitin recognition confers enhanced resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato. Nature Plants, 1 (4). ISSN 2055-026X

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Abstract

Potato late blight, caused by the destructive Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, is a major threat to global food security1,2. All late blight resistance genes identified to date belong to the coiled-coil, nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat class of intracellular immune receptors3. However, virulent races of the pathogen quickly evolved to evade recognition by these cytoplasmic immune receptors4. Here we demonstrate that the receptor-like protein ELR (elicitin response) from the wild potato Solanum microdontum mediates extracellular recognition of the elicitin domain, a molecular pattern that is conserved in Phytophthora species. ELR associates with the immune co-receptor BAK1/SERK3 and mediates broad-spectrum recognition of elicitin proteins from several Phytophthora species, including four diverse elicitins from P. infestans. Transfer of ELR into cultivated potato resulted in enhanced resistance to P. infestans. Pyramiding cell surface pattern recognition receptors with intracellular immune receptors could maximize the potential of generating a broader and potentially more durable resistance to this devastating plant pathogen.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > The Sainsbury Laboratory Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Plant Sciences
Related URLs:	http://www.nature.com/articles/nplants20...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2016 13:00
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2024 01:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59179
DOI:	10.1038/nplants.2015.34

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