December
1999
, Volume
12
, Number
12
Pages
1,064
-
1,073
Authors
Chaozu
He
,
Steven Haw Tien
Fong
,
Daichang
Yang
,
and
Guo-Liang
Wang
Affiliations
Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, The National University of Singapore, 1 Research Link, Singapore 117604
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Accepted 25 August 1999.
Abstract
The activation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases by different environmental stresses has been previously observed in several dicot plant species. Here, we report the isolation of a novel MAP kinase in rice that is induced during infection by the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea or upon mechanical wounding. The gene is designated as BWMK1 for blast- and wound-induced MAP kinase. The cDNA of BWMK1 was isolated from rice leaves challenged by the blast pathogen. Transcripts of the corresponding gene accumulated in rice leaves 4 h after blast inoculation and 30 min after mechanical wounding. This gene encodes a 506 amino acid protein that contains a new dual-phosphorylation activation motif TDY and about 150 unique amino acids on its C terminus. In-gel kinase activity and immunoprecipitation assays confirmed that BWMK1 is a functional MAP kinase. These results show that BWMK1 is a new member of the plant MAP kinase family and may mediate both defense and wound signaling in rice.
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Additional keywords:
Oryza sativa,
rice blast.
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