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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Magnaporthe grisea, the causal agent of rice blast disease, invades plant tissue due to the action of specialized infection structures called appressoria, which are used to breach the leaf cuticle and allow development of intracellular, infectious hyphae. In this report we demonstrate that peroxisomal carnitine acetyl transferase (CAT) activity is necessary for appressorium function, and in particular, for the elaboration of primary penetration hyphae. The major CAT activity in M. grisea is encoded by the PTH2 gene, which shows elevated expression in response to acetate and lipid, and is regulated by the cyclic AMP response pathway. Furthermore, a Pth2-GFP fusion protein colocalizes with a peroxisomal marker protein. Targeted deletion of PTH2, generated mutants that were completely non-pathogenic, lacked CAT activity and were unable to utilize a range of lipid substrates. The impairment of appressorium function in Deltapth2 was associated with a delay in lipid reserve mobilization from germ tubes into developing infection cells, and abnormal chitin distribution in infection structures. Addition of glucose to Deltapth2 mutants partially restored the ability to cause rice blast disease and lipid reserve mobilization. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that Pth2 plays a role in the generation of acetyl CoA pools necessary for appressorium function and rapid elaboration of penetration hyphae during host infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Chitin, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Hordeum, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Hyphae, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Magnaporthe, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Oryza sativa, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Peroxisomes, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Plant Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Plant Leaves, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:16824094-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Peroxisomal carnitine acetyl transferase is required for elaboration of penetration hyphae during plant infection by Magnaporthe grisea.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't