title: A putative ABC transporter confers durable resistance to multiple fungal pathogens in wheat.
abstract: Agricultural crops benefit from resistance to pathogens that endures over years and generations of both pest and crop. Durable disease resistance, which may be partial or complete, can be controlled by several genes. Some of the most devastating fungal pathogens in wheat are leaf rust, stripe rust, and powdery mildew. The wheat gene Lr34 has supported resistance to these pathogens for more than 50 years. Lr34 is now shared by wheat cultivars around the world. Here, we show that the LR34 protein resembles adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters of the pleiotropic drug resistance subfamily. Alleles of Lr34 conferring resistance or susceptibility differ by three genetic polymorphisms. The Lr34 gene, which functions in the adult plant, stimulates senescence-like processes in the flag leaf tips and edges.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Simon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Krattinger
authors.forename: Evans S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lagudah
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spielmeyer
authors.forename: Ravi P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huerta-Espino
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: Eligio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bossolini
authors.forename: Liselotte L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Selter
authors.forename: Beat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005091:Exons; D017343:Genes, Plant; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D010940:Plant Proteins