title: Identification of a new locus, Ptr(t), required for rice blast resistance gene Pi-ta-mediated resistance.
abstract: Resistance to the blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is proposed to be initiated by physical binding of a putative cytoplasmic receptor encoded by a nucleotide binding site-type resistance gene, Pi-ta, to the processed elicitor encoded by the corresponding avirulence gene AVR-Pita. Here, we report the identification of a new locus, Ptr(t), that is required for Pi-ta-mediated signal recognition. A Pi-ta-expressing susceptible mutant was identified using a genetic screen. Putative mutations at Ptr(t) do not alter recognition specificity to another resistance gene, Pi-k(s), in the Pi-ta homozygote, indicating that Ptr(t) is more likely specific to Pi-ta-mediated signal recognition. Genetic crosses of Pi-ta Ptr(t) and Pi-ta ptr(t) homozygotes suggest that Ptr(t) segregates as a single dominant nuclear gene. A ratio of 1:1 (resistant/susceptible) of a population of BC1 of Pi-ta Ptr(t) with pi-ta ptr(t) homozygotes indicates that Pi-ta and Ptr(t) are linked and cosegregate. Genotyping of mutants of pi-ta ptr(t) and Pi-ta Ptr(t) homozygotes using ten simple sequence repeat markers at the Pi-ta region determined that Pi-ta and Ptr(t) are located within a 9-megabase region and are of indica origin. Identification of Ptr(t) is a significant advancement in studying Pi-ta-mediated signal recognition and transduction.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA. Yulin.Jia@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Rodger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000254:growth & development*; D009154:Mutation; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA