Plants sense various pathogens and activate immunity responses through receptor like kinases (RLKs). Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) are involved in massive transduction pathways upon perception of a pathogen. However, the roles of CRKs in response to stripe rust are unclear. In the present study, we identified a CRK gene (designated TaCRK10) from wheat variety Xiaoyan 6 (XY6), which harbors high-temperature seedling-plant (HTSP) resistance to stripe rust caused by fungal pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). The expression level of TaCRK10 was induced by Pst inoculation and high temperature treatment. Knock-down of TaCRK10 by virus induced gene silencing resulted in attenuated wheat HTSP resistance to Pst, while has no effect on Pst development and host responses under normal temperatures. Notably, overexpression of TaCRK10 in susceptible variety Fielder provided resistance just under normal temperatures at fourteen days with reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and defense-related gene expression of the salicylic acid (SA) pathway. Moreover, TaCRK10 physically interacted with and phosphorylated a histone variant TaH2A.1, which belongs to the H2A.W group. Silencing of TaH2A.1 suppressed wheat resistance to Pst, indicating that TaH2A.1 plays a positive role in wheat resistance to Pst. Thus, TaCRK10 serves as an important sensor of Pst infection and high temperatures, and it activates wheat resistance to Pst through regulating nuclear processes. This knowledge helps elucidate the molecular mechanism of wheat HTSP resistance to Pst and promotes efforts in developing wheat varieties with resistance to stripe rust.
The RLK protein TaCRK10 activates wheat high-temperature seedling-plant resistance to stripe rust through interacting with TaH2A.1.
Jiahui Wang,Jingjing Wang,Juan Li,H. Shang,Xianming Chen,Xiaoping Hu
Published 2021 in The Plant Journal
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2021
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The Plant Journal
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2021-09-28
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Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science
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