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18790546

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Arabidopsis thaliana defective in induced resistance 1 (At-DIR1) has been characterized as a protein responsible for the generation or transmission of the still unknown signal involved in systemic acquired resistance. This acidic apoplastic protein is a member of the family of lipid transfer proteins and was detected in vascular fluids. To our knowledge, no DIR1-like protein has been described in other plant species. Hence, we have performed data mining to identify a putative ortholog of DIR1 in tomato. This strategy allowed the detection of a few gene products displaying sequence similarity to At-DIR1 whose structural features were further analysed in silico. The best match (unigene SGN-327306) encoded a protein with an acidic pI, a peculiar characteristic of DIR1 among lipid transfer proteins, and was hence selected as a putative tomato ortholog of At-DIR1. This sequence, named Le-DIR1, served for the design of a specific antigenic peptide and the generation of polyclonal antibodies. The antiserum anti-Le-DIR1 recognized a peptide of the expected size (7kDa) in phloem sap of tomato plants, hence confirming the existence of the predicted protein in vascular fluids. This result supports the notion of the existence of common systemic acquired resistance (SAR) signaling molecules in different species.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1618-1328
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
543-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Phloem sap of tomato plants contains a DIR1 putative ortholog.
pubmed:affiliation
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Funes, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't