title: The rice Rim2 transcript accumulates in response to Magnaporthe grisea and its predicted protein product shares similarity with TNP2-like proteins encoded by CACTA transposons.
abstract: A rice transcript, Rim2, was identified that accumulated in both incompatible and compatible interactions between rice and Magnaporthe grisea. The Rim2 transcript also accumulated in response to treatment with a cell wall elicitor derived from M. grisea. A 3.3-kb RIM2 cDNA clone was isolated and is predicted to encode a protein of 653 amino acids, which shares 32 55% identity with TNP2-like proteins encoded by CACTA transposons of other plants. A 1.05-kb segment of the Rim2 sequence shows 82% nucleotide sequence identity with sequences flanking the A1 and C members of the rice Xa21 disease resistance gene family. The 5'-upstream region of Rim2 was cloned and the transcriptional start sites were identified. The 5' and 3' noncoding termini of Rim2 are AT-rich. A cis-element showing similarity to a sequence that mediates defense-associated transcriptional activation of the tobacco retrotransposon Tnt1, and four motifs that fit the consensus sequence of the elicitor-responsive elements in the promoters of the parsley PR-1 genes were found in the 5'-upstream region. Four imperfect tandem repeats were identified in the 3' noncoding terminus. Southern analysis with genomic DNA from different rice species indicated that Rim2 is present in 3-4 copies per genome. These results suggest that Rim2 may be one component of a large CACTA-like element, whose transcript accumulates in response to attack by pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ronald
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D018628:Gene Dosage; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019895:Transposases
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C484284:Rim2 protein, Oryza sativa; C097148:Xa21 protein, Oryza sativa; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019895:Transposases