title: Calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) 3 mediates biotic defense responses in Arabidopsis.
abstract: Calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) 3 (also called SR1) is a calmodulin-binding transcription factor in Arabidopsis. Two homozygous T-DNA insertion mutants (camta3-1, camta3-2) showed enhanced spontaneous lesions. Transcriptome analysis of both mutants revealed 6 genes with attenuated expression and 99 genes with elevated expression. Of the latter, 32 genes are related to defense against pathogens (e.g. WRKY33, PR1 and chitinase). Propagation of a virulent strain of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae and the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea were attenuated in both mutants. Moreover, both mutants accumulated high levels of H2O2. We suggest that CAMTA3 regulates the expression of a set of genes involved in biotic defense responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. galonyae@post.tau.ac.il <galonyae@post.tau.ac.il>
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Galon
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nave
authors.forename: Joy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: Dikla
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nachmias
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Hillel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fromm
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020171:Botrytis / Q000254:growth & development; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D044224:Pseudomonas syringae / Q000254:growth & development; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C572689:AT2G22300 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014157:Transcription Factors