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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 11, Pages 4118-4135Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13451
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- National Key Basic Research Program of China [2013CB127700]
- 111 Project of the Ministry of Education of China [B07049]
- Chinese Universities Scientific Fund [2452016004]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31430069]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2015JM3089]
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Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) following plant-pathogen interactions can trigger plant defence responses and directly damage pathogens. Thus, it is essential for pathogens to scavenge host-derived ROS to establish a parasitic relationship. However, the mechanisms protecting pathogens from host-derived oxidative stress remain unclear. In this study, a superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene, PsSOD1, was cloned from a wheat-Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) interaction cDNA library. Transcripts of PsSOD1 were up-regulated in the early infection stage. Heterologous mutant complementation and biochemical characterization revealed that PsSOD1 encoded a Zn-only SOD. The predicted signal peptide was functional in an invertase-mutated yeast strain. Furthermore, immunoblot analysis of apoplastic proteins in Pst-infected wheat leaves and bimolecular fluorescence complementation suggested that PsSOD1 is a secreted protein that potentially forms a dimer during Pst infection. Overexpression of PsSOD1 enhanced Schizosaccharomyces pombe resistance to exogenous superoxide. Transient expression of PsSOD1 in Nicotiana benthamiana suppressed Bax-induced cell death. Knockdown of PsSOD1 using a host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) system reduced the virulence of Pst, which was associated with ROS accumulation in HIGS plants. These results suggest that PsSOD1 is an important pathogenicity factor that is secreted into the host-pathogen interface to contribute to Pst infection by scavenging host-derived ROS.
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