title: CITRX thioredoxin is a putative adaptor protein connecting Cf-9 and the ACIK1 protein kinase during the Cf-9/Avr9- induced defence response.
abstract: Tomato Cf-9, a receptor-like protein (RLP), confers resistance to races of the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum that express the Avr9 avirulence gene. CITRX (Cf-9-interacting thioredoxin) was previously identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen as a protein interacting with the cytoplasmic domain of Cf-9 and shown to be a negative regulator of the cell death induced after Cf-9/Avr9 interaction. ACIK1 is a Ser/Thr protein kinase that is specifically required for the Cf-9 and Cf-4 dependent defence response in tomato. In this paper we present data suggesting that CITRX may act as an adaptor recruiting the ACIK1 kinase to the cytoplasmic domain of Cf-9 upon elicitation with the Avr9 peptide. Interestingly, the catalytic activities of both CITRX and ACIK1 are not required for their interaction.
authors.affiliation: The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nekrasov
authors.forename: Andrea A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Jonathan D G
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D016923:Cell Death / Q000235:genetics; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C109609:Cf protein, Lycopersicon esculentum; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C073605:AVR9 protein, Cladosporium fulvum; D011494:Protein Kinases