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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-10
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Considering the complexity of the in vivo interactions established by a mycoparasitic biocontrol agent at the plant rhizosphere, proteomic, genomic, and transcriptomic approaches were used to study a novel Trichoderma gene coding for a plant cell wall (PCW)-degrading enzyme. A proteome analysis, using a three-component (Trichoderma spp.-tomato plantlets-pathogen) system, allowed us to identify a differentially expressed Trichoderma harzianum endopolygalacturonase (endoPG). Spot 0303 remarkably increased only in the presence of the soilborne pathogens Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum, and corresponded to an expressed sequence tag from a T. harzianum T34 cDNA library that was constructed in the presence of PCW polymers and used to isolate the Thpg1 gene. Compared with the wild-type strain, Thpg1-silenced transformants showed lower PG activity, less growth on pectin medium, and reduced capability to colonize tomato roots. These results were combined with microarray comparative data from the transcriptome of Arabidopsis plants inoculated with the wild type or a Thpg1-silenced transformant (ePG5). The endoPG-encoding gene was found to be required for active root colonization and plant defense induction by T. harzianum T34. In vivo assays showed that Botrytis cinerea leaf necrotic lesions were slightly smaller in plants colonized by ePG5, although no statistically significant differences were observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0894-0282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1021-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The ThPG1 endopolygalacturonase is required for the trichoderma harzianum-plant beneficial interaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE). Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus de Villamayor, C/ Duero 12. 37185 Salamanca, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't