Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls

Streptomyces turgidiscabies, a cause of potato scab, possesses a mobilizable pathogenicity island containing multiple virulence genes and a cytokinin biosynthetic pathway. These biosynthetic genes are homologous and collinear with the fas operon in Rhodococcus fascians. Reverse-transcriptase polymer...

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Main Authors: Madhumita V. Joshi, Rosemary Loria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2007-07-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-20-7-0751
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description Streptomyces turgidiscabies, a cause of potato scab, possesses a mobilizable pathogenicity island containing multiple virulence genes and a cytokinin biosynthetic pathway. These biosynthetic genes are homologous and collinear with the fas operon in Rhodococcus fascians. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of S. turgidiscabies demonstrated that all six genes were transcribed in oat bran broth with and without glucose, though transcription was partially repressed by glucose. The supernatant of S. turgidiscabies cultures had cytokinin activity in callus initiation and differentiation assays. Arabidopsis and tobacco plants inoculated with a thaxtomin-deficient mutant (Δnos) produced leafy galls, indistinguishable from those produced by R. fascians. Deletion of the ipt gene in the pathway eliminated gall phenotype. Other symptoms on tobacco included production of hairy roots and de novo meristems.
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spelling doaj.art-7704dc0f51b240f4acfcb7d06b5da6de2022-12-21T18:51:44ZengThe American Phytopathological SocietyMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions0894-02821943-77062007-07-0120775175810.1094/MPMI-20-7-0751Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy GallsMadhumita V. JoshiRosemary LoriaStreptomyces turgidiscabies, a cause of potato scab, possesses a mobilizable pathogenicity island containing multiple virulence genes and a cytokinin biosynthetic pathway. These biosynthetic genes are homologous and collinear with the fas operon in Rhodococcus fascians. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of S. turgidiscabies demonstrated that all six genes were transcribed in oat bran broth with and without glucose, though transcription was partially repressed by glucose. The supernatant of S. turgidiscabies cultures had cytokinin activity in callus initiation and differentiation assays. Arabidopsis and tobacco plants inoculated with a thaxtomin-deficient mutant (Δnos) produced leafy galls, indistinguishable from those produced by R. fascians. Deletion of the ipt gene in the pathway eliminated gall phenotype. Other symptoms on tobacco included production of hairy roots and de novo meristems.https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-20-7-0751cytokinin biosynthesis
spellingShingle Madhumita V. Joshi
Rosemary Loria
Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
cytokinin biosynthesis
title Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
title_full Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
title_fullStr Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
title_full_unstemmed Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
title_short Streptomyces turgidiscabies Possesses a Functional Cytokinin Biosynthetic Pathway and Produces Leafy Galls
title_sort streptomyces turgidiscabies possesses a functional cytokinin biosynthetic pathway and produces leafy galls
topic cytokinin biosynthesis
url https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-20-7-0751
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