An importin alpha homolog, MOS6, plays an important role in plant innate immunity - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2005 Jun 21;15(12):1129-35.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.05.022.

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An importin alpha homolog, MOS6, plays an important role in plant innate immunity

Kristoffer Palma et al. Curr Biol. 2005.

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Abstract

Plant disease resistance is the consequence of an innate defense mechanism mediated by Resistance (R) genes [1]. The conserved structure of one class of R protein is reminiscent of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and Nucleotide binding oligomerization domain (NOD) proteins-immune-response perception modules in animal cells [2, 3, and 4]. The Arabidopsis snc1 (suppressor of npr1-1, constitutive, 1) mutant contains a mutation in a TIR-NBS-LRR-type of R gene that renders resistance responses constitutively active without interaction with pathogens [5]. Few components of the downstream signaling network activated by snc1 are known. To search for regulators of R-gene-mediated resistance, we screened for genetic suppressors of snc1. Three alleles of the mutant mos6 (modifier of snc1, 6) partially suppressed constitutive-resistance responses and immunity to virulent pathogens in snc1. Furthermore, the mos6-1 single mutant exhibited enhanced disease susceptibility to a virulent oomycete pathogen. MOS6, identified by positional cloning, encodes importin alpha3, one of eight alpha importins in Arabidopsis [6]. alpha importins mediate the import of specific proteins across the nuclear envelope. We previously reported that MOS3, a protein homologous to human nucleoporin 96, is required for constitutive resistance in snc1 [7]. Our data highlight an essential role for nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking, especially protein import, in plant innate immunity.

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