title: Overexpression of Rice Wall-Associated Kinase 25 (OsWAK25) Alters Resistance to Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens.
abstract: Wall-associated kinases comprise a sub-family of receptor-like kinases that function in plant growth and stress responses. Previous studies have shown that the rice wall-associated kinase, OsWAK25, interacts with a diverse set of proteins associated with both biotic and abiotic stress responses. Here, we show that wounding and BTH treatments induce OsWAK25 transcript expression in rice. We generated OsWAK25 overexpression lines and show that these lines exhibit a lesion mimic phenotype and enhanced expression of rice NH1 (NPR1 homolog 1), OsPAL2, PBZ1 and PR10. Furthermore, these lines show resistance to the hemibiotrophic pathogens, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and Magnaporthe oryzae, yet display increased susceptibility to necrotrophic fungal pathogens, Rhizoctonia solani and Cochliobolus miyabeanus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harkenrider
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.|Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Lab of Phytopathology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Vleesschauwer
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xuting
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.|Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Mawsheng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chern
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canlas
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shimin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.|Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Pamela C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ronald
mesh_terms: D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012275:Oryza / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D012232:Rhizoctonia / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014974:Xanthomonas / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins