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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | N-acetylchitooligosaccharides elicit expression of a single (1→3)-β-glucanase gene in suspension-cultured from barley (Hordeum vulgare) |
Other Titles: | N-acetylchitooligosaccharides elicit expression of a single (1->3)-beta-glucanase gene in suspension-cultured from barley (Hordeum vulgare) |
Author: | Kaku, Hanae Shibuya, Naoto Xu, P. Aryan, Arun Prakash Fincher, Geoffrey B. |
Citation: | Physiologia Planatarum, 1997; 100(1):111-118 |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
ISSN: | 0031-9317 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya, Peilin Xu, Arun P. Aryan and Geoffrey B. Fincher |
Abstract: | N-acetylchitooligosaccharides of degree of polymerization 6 to 8 elicit the synthesis of (1→3)-β-glucan endohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.39) activity in suspension-cultured cells derived from immature barley (Hordeum vulgare) embryos. Corresponding de-acety-lated chitooligosaccharides have no effect. Concentrations of N-acetylchitoheptaose in the 200 nM range are sufficient to elicit the response. A 2- to 3-fold increase in (1→3)-β-glucanase activity is detected 24 h after the addition of the oligosaccharide. Non-denaturing gel electrophoresis, coupled with the in situ detection of (1→3)-β-glucanase activity in the gels, has enabled the separation of specific isoforms of the enzyme. The increase in (1→3)-β-glucanase activity following N-acetylchitoheptaose induction is attributable predominantly to enhanced levels of isoenzyme GII, although the barley (1→3)-β-glucanase gene family encodes at least seven different isoforms of the enzyme. Northern hybridization analyses with gene-specific probes confirmed the presence of mRNA encoding isoenzyme GII as the major mRNA in cells treated with the oligosaccharide elicitor. The results therefore demonstrate a specific induction of the (1→3)-β-glucanase isoenzyme GII gene following stimulation of barley cells with oligosaccharides of fungal cell wall origin, and further suggest that a plant's response to microbial attack involves transcription of quite specific members of the gene families that encode pathogenesis-related proteins. |
Keywords: | Barley; cell cultures; chitin; elicitors; fungal pathogens; plant-pathogen interactions |
Description: | Article first published online: 28 APR 2006 |
Rights: | Copyright © Physiologia Plantarum |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1997.tb03460.x |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications |
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