ONLY SPECIFIC TOBACCO (NICOTIANA-TABACUM) CHITINASES AND BETA-1,3-GLUCANASES EXHIBIT ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY
ONLY SPECIFIC TOBACCO (NICOTIANA-TABACUM) CHITINASES AND BETA-1,3-GLUCANASES EXHIBIT ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.101.3.857
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发表时间:
1993-03-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
CORNELISSEN, BJC
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作者:
SELABUURLAGE, MB;PONSTEIN, AS;CORNELISSEN, BJC
Different isoforms of chitinases and beta-1,3-glucanases of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Samsun NN) were tested for their antifungal activities. The class I, vacuolar chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase isoforms were the most active against Fusarium solani germlings, resulting in lysis of the hyphal tips and in growth inhibition. In addition, we observed that the class I chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase acted synergistically. The class II isoforms of the two hydrolases exhibited no antifungal activity. However, the class II chitinases showed limited growth inhibitory activity in combination with higher amounts of class I beta-1,3-glucanase. The class II beta-1,3-glucanases showed no inhibitory activity in any combination. In transgenic tobacco plants producing modified forms of either a class I chitinase or a class I beta-1,3-glucanase, or both, these proteins were targeted extracellularly. Both modified proteins lack their C-terminal propeptide, which functions as a vacuolar targeting signal. Extracellular targeting had no effect on the specific activities of the chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase enzymes. Furthermore, the extracellular washing fluid (EF) from leaves of transgenic plants expressing either of the secreted class I enzymes exhibited antifungal activity on F. solani germlings in vitro comparable to that of the purified vacuolar class I proteins. Mixing EF fractions from these plants revealed synergism in inhibitory activity against F. solani; the mixed fractions exhibited inhibitory activity similar to that of EF from plants expressing both secreted enzymes.