Genetics and Molecular Biology, 30, 3 (suppl), 997-1008 (2007)
Copyright by the Brazilian Society of Genetics. Printed in Brazil
www.sbg.org.br
Research Article
Phytophthora parasitica transcriptome, a new concept
in the understanding of the citrus gummosis
Daniel D. Rosa1, Magnólia A. Campos2, Maria Luisa P.N. Targon3 and Alessandra A. Souza3
1
Setor de Defesa Fitossanitária, Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas,
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
2
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil.
3
Centro APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Cordeirópolis, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
Due to the economic importance of gummosis disease for the citriculture, studies on P. parasitica-Citrus interaction
comprise a significant part in the Brazilian Citrus genome data bank (CitEST). Among them, two cDNA libraries constructed from two different growth conditions of the P. parasitica pathogen are included which has generated the
PP/CitEST database (CitEST - Center APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira/IAC- Millennium Institute). Through this genomic
approach and clustering analyses the following has been observed: out of a total of 13,285 available in the Phytophthora parasitica database, a group of 4,567 clusters was formed, comprising 2,649 singlets and 1,918 contigs. Out of
a total of 4,567 possible genes, only 2,651 clusters were categorized; among them, only 4.3% shared sequence similarities with pathogenicity factors and defense. Some of these possible genes (103) corresponding to 421 ESTs,
were characterized by phylogenetic analysis and discussed. A comparison made with the COGEME database has
shown homology which may be part of an evolutionary pathogenicity pathway present in Phytophthora and also in
other fungi. Many of the genes which were identified here, which may encode proteins associated to mechanisms of
citrus gummosis pathogenicity, represent only one facet of the pathogen-host Phytophthora - Citrus interaction.
Key words: Citrus disease, elicitins, plant pathogen, gene expression profiles.
Received: August 14, 2006; Accepted: June 13, 2007.
Introduction
In the evolutionary history of eukaryotes, oomycetes
are the only organisms with a history of self-sufficiency,
due mainly to the genetic distinction and the biochemical
mechanisms of interactions with their hosts (Kamoun et al.,
1999). Throughout the world, there are many species of
Phytophthora described as pathogenic to plants, and are
present in over 200 botanical families. The Phytophthora
complex in citrus crops is a very important disease that belongs to this group (Erwin and Ribeiro, 1996). Phytophthora parasitica Dastur (= Phytophthora nicotianae Breda
de Haan var.parasitica (Dast.) Waterh.) is an oomycete that
belongs to the kingdom Stremenopiles, which comprises a
diverse group of organisms which has recently been consolidated as a result of mitochondrial analysis and ribosomal DNA sequences (Gunderson et al., 1987; Förster et
al., 1990; Alexopoulos et al., 1996). P. parasitica is the
Send correspondence to Daniel Dias Rosa. Setor de Defesa Fitossanitária, Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Fazenda Lageado, Rua José Barbosa de Barros 1780, Caixa Postal 237,
18610-307 Botucatu, SP, Brazil. E-mail: danieldr@hotmail.com.
agent which causes brown rot, foot rot, gummosis and root
rot of Citrus species, and the common diseases at high temperatures, above 35 °C. It was first reported in 1832 by the
Arab botanist Ibn el Awan (Fawcett, 1936). The first to describe the Citrus gummosis in the Brazil was Averna-Saccá
(1917), later identified as P. parasitica by Müller (1933).
The P. parasitica attack on citrus crops led to drastic losses
in the field, since the varieties possessing good agronomical characteristics have a low resistance to gummosis
(Siviero et al., 2002).
Despite the investigations related to the biological development of the citrus gummosis disease, little is known
about the pathogenic determinants of P. parasitica. Molecular studies on pathogenicity and virulence of oomycetes
are relatively rare when compared to those on plant pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and viruses, mainly because they differ in their cell composition, reproduction cycle and also in
the genetic composition (Judelson, 1997). In this context,
the use of expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis represents
an approach that might contribute to the understanding of
the basic biology of P. parasitica, through the production
of a large volume of sequence information, not available
998
Rosa et al.
previously. The information thus generated may also assist
to establish a database to facilitate further research on P.
parasitica and other related organisms, like P. sojae
(Waugh et al., 2000). The understanding of the genetics and
physiology of P. parasitica might lead to the development
of control techniques and also provide information for the
elucidation of the pathogen during the interaction with citrus hosts.
Due to the economic importance of the gummosis
disease in citriculture, studies on P. parasitica-Citrus interaction were shown to play a significant role in the Brazilian
Citrus genome data bank (CitEST). Among them, two
cDNA libraries constructed from two different growth conditions of the P. parasitica pathogen are included, which
generated the PP/CitEST database. This genomic approach
is reported in this paper with a number of identified EST
characterizations, possibly involved in P. parasitica-host
interaction, in the PP/CitEST database.
(Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD) and cloned into the
Not I-Sal I restriction site of the pSPORT 1 vector. The
pSPORT 1 vector (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD)
carries an ampicillin-resistance gene necessary for clone
selection. The cloned cDNA fragments can be amplified by
one of the following pairs of primer vector: SP6 promoter
and T7 promoter or M13/pUC forward and M13/pUC reverse. The connected cDNA fragments were transformed
into E. coli DH5α bacteria through the ice-cold RbCl/CaCl2
solution method (Hanahan, 1983).
The colonies were inoculated into 200 mL of CG medium liquid containing 8% of (v/v) glycerol and
100 mg/mL of ampicillin in 96-well-microtiter plates, incubated overnight at 37 °C and stored at -80 °C. The sequence
reactions were prepared according to the instructions of
Applied Biosystems for the DNA sequencing Kit Big Dye
Terminator cycle sequence ready reaction. The sequence
was accomplished in the ABI 3700-Perkin Elmer.
Materials and Methods
Trimming and assembly of Phytophthora parasitica
ESTs into sequence clusters
Culture, growth conditions, library construction and
sequencing
P. parasitica expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were
obtained from two cDNA libraries formed by two different
growth conditions, and grouped in the PP/CitEST database
(Center APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira/IAC- Millennium Institute). The clustering of ESTs from PP/CitEST was performed in order to estimate the level of redundancy in the
libraries. Clustering was the most critical step of the sequence analyses due to its importance in the reduction in
the amount of sequence data. This reduces and organizes
the reads into a less redundant set. In an attempt to minimize artifacts, the readings were trimmed prior to clustering. Through the cross-match program, the trimming
procedure was initiated with vector masking, followed by
removal of poly-A signals, vector and adapter regions. A
quality trimmer was also applied, removing bases from the
sequence ends, one by one, until there were at least 12 bases
with quality phred above 15, in a window of 20 bases at the
end.
Trimmed readings were assembled using the phrap
program for the PhredPhrap package (Ewing et al., 1998),
with quality and stringent arguments (-penalty -15 -bandwidth 14 -minscore 100 -shatter greedy). The last assembly
was accomplished using phrap program and included all
trimmed readings. After the trimming, clustering of the P.
parasitica 13,285 readings was performed using the CAP3
assembler (Huang and Madan, 1999) and its qualities. After
clustering, all clusters were analyzed using the BLAST program and all information was stored in the database.
The isolation of Phytophthora parasitica-IAC 01/95
was cultivated in a medium carrot liquid (50g of triturated
cooked carrot, 10 g of the dextrose and distilled water to
complete 1liter) for 7 days at 28 °C. Mycelium mass was
then cultivated 40 times under the same conditions. The
mycelium mass was then filtered through a paper filter and
used for RNA extraction. In an attempt to activate the
pathogenicity, P. parasitica-IAC 01/95 was also inoculated
in oranges, recovered from symptoms and cultivated in carrot medium under the same conditions. In the same way,
mycelium mass was filtered through a paper filter and used
for RNA extraction. The total RNA was extracted by using
Trizol reagent (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD)
(10 mL/g of mycelium) and the poly(A+) RNA was isolated from 1 mg of the total RNA through the polyATtract
mRNA Isolation System (Promega Corporation, Madison,
WI). The method is based on a biotinylated oligo(dT)
primer to hybridize in solution to the 3’ poly(A) region of
the mRNA. The hybrids were retrieved and washed at high
stringency using streptavidin coupled with paramagnetic
particles and a magnetic separation stand. The mRNA was
eluted from the solid phase by adding RNAse-free
deionized water.
Two libraries were constructed by using the SuperScript Plasmid System with Gateway Technology for
cDNA Synthesis and Cloning (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD). Complementary DNA (cDNA) was
formed from mRNA using a primer consisting of a poly
(dT) sequence with a Not I restriction site. Sal I adapters
were connected to the blunt-ended cDNA fragments followed by a Not I digestion. The cDNA fragments were fractionated by Sephacryl S cDNA Size Fractionation Columns
Database analysis
All the sequences analyzed were obtained from the P.
parasitica CitEST database. Sequence analyses were performed using the BLAST program (Altschul et al., 1997)
facilities. The protein sequences were preferably analyzed
Gene expression of the Phytophthora
through the BLASTX, version 2.2.10, in the NR database
and nucleotide sequences were analyzed through the
BLASTN in the EST database, except human ESTs. The results were filtered, restricting the hits to an E-value < 1e-05.
The PP/CitEST database was categorized using a protein database with known functions and defined by 40,000
proteins which had been selected from databases with examples of each category. The MIPS Arabidopsis thaliana
database, Clusters Orthologous Groups-functional annotation, and EGAD cellular roles are included. Categorization
was achieved through the automatic method followed by
the construction of a database containing the proteins selected from public databases. Then a BLAST search was
performed in contrast to this database using P. parasitica
ESTs clusters as input. A cluster was considered to be categorized when matched with a sample protein of that category with an E-value = 1e-05 and coverage = 60%.
The comparative genomic analysis was performed
between the P. parasitica database and EST collections
COGEME, which comprises 59,765 ESTs obtained from
thirteen species of plant pathogenic fungi, two species of
phytopathogenic oomycete and three species of saprophytic fungi (Soanes and Talbot, 2006). For a comparative
analysis between P. parasitica database and
Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, the blastx program was
used to compare the databases and also used to categorize
pathogenicity-related genes.
For the phylogenetic analysis, multiple alignments
between PP sequences and homologies were performed using ClustalX 1.83 (Thompson et al., 1997) on a workstation
running Linux (Mandrake 10) with the ToolKit 6.1 (NCBI).
Phylogenetic dendrograms were obtained by neighborjoining analysis using the p-distance method and confidence levels assigned at various nodes determined after
10,000 replications or permutation also present in the
MEGA (Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis) software, version 2 (Kumar et al., 2004) running Windows
2000.
Results and Discussion
999
with carbohydrate metabolism and bioenergetics, 9% with
amino acid metabolism, dynamic cell and cellular communication, and 4.5% with the metabolism related to the defense system, stress and virulence (Figure 1).
P. parasitica ESTs were distributed between known
proteins or hypothetical proteins based on deduced amino
acid sequences homologies. It was discovered during the
annotation process that 1,915 (41.95%) of all of ESTs did
not share sequence similarity with any sequence from the
GenBank non-redundant database. This relative portion is
consistent with reports of other fungus EST databases. It
also depends on other points of the organism such as: the
experimental design and the developmental stage (Kamoun
et al., 1999). On the other hand, clusters with E-value < 1e-5
added a total of 2,651 clusters (58.05%), indicating a satisfactory value of known sequences. This percentage highlights that less than half of the P. parasitica transcriptome
is currently unknown. In addition, clusters with full
homology with other sequences were spotted, 91 ESTs
(0.2%) and 2,641 ESTs (57.83%) with E-values that varied
from 1e-5 to 1e-200. These clusters represent probable genes
(Figure 2).
Figure 1 - Distribution of categorized clusters according to putative biological function defined by MIPS. Protein matches resulting from
BLASTX searches were assigned to one of seven functional categories for
comparisons involving life cycle. Percentage of frequency of clusters was
shown in each category from a total set of categorized PP clusters.
The distribution of PP ESTs into clusters and
functional annotation
A genomic approach was used to discover novel
genes in P. parasitica that infect citrus. Out of a total of
15,942 clones sequenced from PP libraries, the 13,285
which expressed sequence tags were grouped into 4,567
clusters, comprising 2,649 singlets and 1,918 contigs, with
a novelty of 58.0% and a success rate of 83.3%. Then the
clusters were submitted to categorization. Among them
only 2,651 clusters were categorized. As a result, above
20% were putatively involved with the protein metabolism.
These ESTs were linked with the ribosomal proteins and
also with other factors which are required for proteins synthesis. Also highly expressed were: around 15% related
Figure 2 - Frequency of the distribution, in percentages, of P.
parasitica/CitEST ESTs, based on E-value from BLASTX results.
1000
Comparison of PP/CitEST database with expressed
sequence tag collections
The clusters of P. parasitica/CitEST database were
used to search for homologies in the COGEME EST database, which consist of 59,765 ESTs from 15 species of
phytopathogens and three species of saprophytic fungi.
Based on the number of unique sequences found in each
species present in the COGEME database, it was possible
to individually identify the number and the unique percentages with homology to P. parasitica clusters, as well as the
number of unique putatively involved in the pathogenicity
functions which matched the PP clusters (Table 1).
As a result, it was observed that about 54 unique sequences from S. cerevisiae genome have homologies in
PP/CitEST. Comparative analyses with phytopathogen
EST database led to the discovery that about 1.2% of
unigenes from Blumeria graminis ESTs have homologies
in PP/CitEST clusters. Similarly, about 56.51% and
23.84% of P. infestans and P. sojae unigenes, respectively,
have homologies with PP clusters, among which 54 and 68
homologies are putatively involved with the pathogenicity
functions (Table 1).
Through the comparison with saprophytic fungi
ESTs, it was discovered that about 2.43% and 6.66% from
Emericella nidulas and Aspergillus niger, respectively,
have homologies with PP ESTs. Among the E. nidulans
homologies, 21 unigenes were discovered putatively involved with the pathogenicity functions, whereas in the A.
niger nine were found (Table 1).
Since the pathogenicity system in a parasite is never
single gene-dependent, these data indicate that many genes
putatively involved with tpathogenicity functions share sequence similarities among themselves, and they may have a
common ancestor. Unlike some fungi, no pathogenicity
unigenes were found with homologies in P. parasitica. Examples of this are Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and
Leptosphaeria maculans with only a few sequences analyzed and S. cerevisiae which is not a plant pathogen.
Genes in P. parasitica involved with pathogenicity,
host colonization process and defense
As an approach to studying genes possibly involved
with the P. parasitica colonization process, a number of
clusters coding for wall cell degradation proteins, necrosis-inducer proteins, elicitins, among others were identified
in the analysis. The breakdown of physical barriers during
an infection process, penetration process and host tissue
colonization involve the secretion of a vast range of degradative enzymes. During the process, several ESTs with significant similarity to degradative enzymes such as amidase,
cutinase protein, endo- and exoglucanases, and chitinases
have been identified (Table 2).
The degradation of the host cell wall is one of the first
steps in disease. The process needs many enzymes, such as
phospholipases, ß-glucosidase/ß-xylosidase, exo-1, 3-ß-
Rosa et al.
Table 1 - Comparison of P. parasitica clusters with COGEME database.
Organism
Total
Nu
%
Np
Aspergillus niger
1,577
105
6.66
9
Blumeria graminis
3,253
39
1.20
4
Botryotinia fuckeliana
2,901
123
4.24
11
Cladosporium fulvum
513
47
9.16
6
Colletotrichum trifolii
550
42
7.64
5
Cryphonectria parasitica
2,185
322
14.74
21
Emericella nidulans
4,805
117
2.43
7
Fusarium sporotrichioides
3,448
111
3.22
10
Gibberella zeae
4,688
511
10.90
19
118
22
18.64
0
Leptosphaeria maculans
Magnaporthe grisea
12,465
275
2.21
15
Mycosphaerella graminicola
2,926
440
15.04
18
Neurospora crassa
5,142
186
3.62
9
Phytophthora infestans
1,414
799
56.51
54
Phytophthora sojae
7,311
1,743
23.84
68
738
53
7.18
0
Ustilago maydis
4,276
580
13.56
21
Verticillium dahliae
1,455
141
9.69
11
24,129
54
0.22
0
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Total: Total of unigenes; Nu: number of unigenes homology; %: % of
unigenes homology; Np: number of pathogenic unigenes homology.
glucanases, endo-1, 3-ß-glucanase, and endopolygalacturonases (endo-PGs) (Kamoun et al., 1999). Clusters
putatively encoded by all of these enzymes were found in
the P. parasitica/CitEST database (Table 2). In addition,
two clusters were found sharing sequence similarity with
pectin lyase F isolated from A. niger and A. nidulans (Table
2). Pectin lyase F has been described in many
plant-pathogenic bacteria and fungi as an enzyme used to
break into the host tissues (Chen et al., 1998). Moreover,
pectolytic enzymes are essential in the decay of dead plant
material through nonpathogenic microorganisms and thus
assist carbon compound recycling in the biosphere (Chen et
al., 1998). The low frequency of these genes in the
PP/CitEST database indicates that P. parasitica might not
be a pathogenic fungi with great affinity to pectin degradation. This might be related to the reduced attack of P.
parasitica in citrus fruit.
The important gene that was found in PP/CitEST databases is the CBEL (cellulose binding elicitor lectin) gene
(Table 2), with four clusters in the database. This gene encodes a protein that binds to cellulose in vitro, suggesting
that CBEL participates in the adhesion of Phytophthora to
cellulosic substrates (Tucker and Talbot, 2001). Adherence
to solid surfaces is a common feature in both saprophytic
and parasitic microorganisms. In fungi and oomycetes, adherence is mediated by secreted adhesins which are part of
the cell wall or it might be physically associated to it
(Gaulin et al., 2002).
Gene expression of the Phytophthora
1001
Table 2 - Phytophtora parasitica ESTs and their known or predicted function, based on BLASTX results.
Cluster
Reads
Product
Organism
Score
E-value
Identity (%)
Metabolite resistance
Contig936
6
heat shock protein Hsp88
Neurospora crassa
203
9e-51
32
Contig553
4
heat shock protein Hsp80
Oryza sativa
476
1e-133
95
-101
90
Contig1866
9
heat shock protein Hsp90
Achlya ambisexualis
369
1e
Contig1851
6
heat shock protein Hsp90
Achlya ambisexualis
772
0.0
92
Contig744
3
heat shock protein 70
Phytophthora nicotianae
263
8e-69
86
Contig906
9
heat shock protein 70
Botryllus schlosseri
194
2e-48
45
Contig451
3
heat shock protein 70
Phytophthora nicotianae
879
0.0
95
1,166
Contig1498
3
heat shock protein 70
Phytophthora nicotianae
PP14-C7-801-101-C08-CT.F
1
heat shock protein
Arabidopsis thaliana
PP14-C7-801-068-D08-CT.F
1
heat shock protein
Shigella flexneri
0.0
91
253
3e-66
57
70
3e-11
39
88
16
3e-
40
253
5e-66
58
PP14-C7-801-085-G11-CT.F
1
heat shock transcription
factor 2, putative
Cryptococcus neo. var.
neoformans
Contig16
7
Mn superoxide dismutase
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
PP14-C7-802-020-E08-CT.F
1
superoxide dismutase 2, mi- Gallus gallus
tochondrial
207
2e-60
62
Contig1524
9
Superoxide dismutase
Methylobacillus flagellatus
148
7e-35
78
Contig1351
2
glutathione peroxidase
Sorghum bicolor
181
5e-44
53
-41
52
PP14-C7-802-017-G12-CT.F
1
glutathione peroxidase
Phytophthora infestans
172
1e
Contig757
6
glutamine synthetase
Phytophthora infestans
738
0.0
98
PP14-C7-802-138-E12-CT.F
1
glutathione reductase
Bordetella parapertussis
104
3e-21
83
PP14-C7-801-079-H03-CT.F
1
glutathione S-transferase
GST 23
Glycine max
84
4e-15
37
PP14-C7-802-115-F05-CT.F
1
putative glutathione
S-transferase OsGSTT1
Oryza sativa
103
6e-21
33
Contig1155
8
putative glutathione
S-transferase OsGSTT1
Oryza sativa
99
8e-20
33
Contig9
9
glutathione s-transferase
Xenopus laevis
111
2e-23
34
-84
100
1
cystein proteinase
Citrus sinensis
314
2e
Contig710
PP14-C7-801-102-B03-CT.F
11
cysteine protease
Daucus carota
280
9e-74
47
Contig351
2
thioredoxin peroxidase
Phytophthora infestans
278
6e-74
71
-72
Contig359
5
acidic chitinase
Phytophthora infestans
273
5e
69
Contig964
6
thioredoxin peroxidase
Phytophthora infestans
412
1e-114
98
-63
Contig1816
9
L-carnitine dehydrogenase
Acinetobacter sp.
226
2e
77
PP14-C7-802-105-B02-CT.F
1
ornithine carbamoyltransferase
Bordetella parapertussis
210
5e-53
83
PP14-C7-802-095-F08-CT.F
1
ornithine cyclodeaminase
Bordetella pertussis
114
2e-24
71
PP14-C7-801-079-F03-CT.F
1
ornithine decarboxylase
Mucor circinelloides fsp.
lusitanicus
96
1e-18
38
Contig1121
9
pleiotropic drug resistance
transporter
Phytophthora sojae
356
1e-102
91
Contig1569
6
pleiotropic drug resistance
transporter
Phytophthora sojae
141
1e-32
42
PP14-C7-801-077-C07-CT.F
1
pleiotropic drug resistance
transporter
Phytophthora sojae
223
5e-57
56
Contig353
4
multidrug resistanceassociated protein 2
Oryctolagus cuniculus
216
5e-55
46
PP14-C7-801-028-F11-CT.F
1
putative caffeine-induced
death protein 1
Oryza sativa
70
7e-11
39
Contig77
4
polyketide synthase
Clostridium thermocellum
143
5e-33
34
1002
Rosa et al.
Table 2 (cont.)
Cluster
Reads
Product
Organism
Score
E-value
6e
Identity (%)
-07
36
Contig735
7
pepsinogen C
Monodelphis domestica
57
PP14-C7-801-042-F12-CT.F 6
1
elicitin protein
Phytophthora parasitica
180
7e-45
100
Contig1181
2
elicitin protein
Phytophthora sojae
134
2e-30
57
55
-06
Contig739
11
elicitin protein
Phytophthora sojae
1e
35
Contig133
13
elicitin
gamma-megaspermin protein
Phytophthora megasperma
210
3e-53
86
Contig888
9
elicitin INF2A protein
Phytophthora infestans
201
1e-50
85
113
-24
Contig987
6
elicitin INF7 protein
4e
56
PP14-C7-801-101-H07-CT.F
1
wound-inducible basic pro- Phaseolus vulgaris
tein
Phytophthora infestans
88
1e-16
85
Contig1413
6
necrosis-inducing-like pro- Phytophthora sojae
tein
107
2e-22
32
PP14-C7-802-125-A07-CT.F
1
crinkling and necrosis-inducing protein CRN2
Phytophthora infestans
66
1e-09
34
PP14-C7-802-082-A05-CT.F
1
crinkling and necrosis-inducing protein CRN2
Phytophthora infestans
100
9e-20
38
Contig1550
4
crinkling and necrosis-inducing protein CRN1
Phytophthora infestans
90
4e-17
47
Contig1422
3
crinkling and necrosis-inducing protein CRN1
Phytophthora infestans
72
4e-11
30
Contig1603
3
acidic chitinase
Phytophthora infestans
387
1e-106
81
PP14-C7-801-048-C04-CT.F
1
acidic chitinase
Phytophthora infestans
238
1e-61
66
-43
Hydrolytic enzymes
Contig1114
3
amidases related to
nicotinamidase
Burkholderia cepacia
177
2e
59
PP14-C7-801-047-A01-CT.F
1
amidases related to
nicotinamidase
Burkholderia cepacia R1808
109
1e-22
49
PP14-C7-801-032-F02-CT.F
1
beta(1-3)endoglucanase
Aspergillus fumigatus
80
5e-14
30
61
-08
1e
30
104
1e-21
44
-08
PP14-C7-802-111-C10-CT.F
1
beta(1-3)endoglucanase
Aspergillus fumigatus
Contig201
6
beta-glucosidase
Phytophthora sojae
PP14-C7-802-030-F10-CT.F
1
beta-glucosidase
Bacillus clausii
62
2e
34
PP14-C7-801-042-E05-CT.F
1
beta-glucosidase precursor
Tenebrio molitor
77
5e-13
46
Contig659
6
beta-glucosidase/xylosidase Phytophthora infestans
213
9e-60
60
-142
Contig618
9
CBEL protein
Phytophthora parasitica
505
1e
89
Contig1583
11
CBEL protein
Phytophthora parasitica
448
1e-125
87
-57
3e
45
PP14-C7-801-040-C07-CT.F
1
CBEL protein, formerly
GP34
Phytophthora parasitica
224
Contig381
2
CBEL protein, formerly
GP34
Phytophthora parasitica
76
7e-13
27
Contig543
6
cutinase (CutB)
Phytophthora brassicae
402
8e-12
83
89
-34
3e
43
1e-127
79
Contig373
3
endo alpha-1,4 polygalactosaminidase
Idiomarina loihiensis
Contig1609
4
endo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
388
-32
PP14-C7-801-016-D05-CT.F
1
endo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
140
3e
41
PP14-C7-801-016-D05-CT.F
1
endo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
140
3e-32
41
-28
Contig1624
8
endo-1,4-beta-glucanase
Pyrococcus horikoshii
127
7e
26
Contig1622
9
endo-1,4-beta-glucanase
Pyrococcus horikoshii
82
3e-14
25
PP14-C7-802-135-B12-CT.F
1
endoglucanase
Clostridium thermocellum
62
1e-08
39
62
-09
72
Contig383
4
esterase/lipase
Burkholderia cepacia R18194
5e
Gene expression of the Phytophthora
1003
Table 2 (cont.)
Cluster
Reads
Product
Organism
Contig1330
3
exo-beta-1,3-glucanase
Magnetospirillum
magnetotacticum
Contig764
2
exopolyphosphatase
Bordetella parapertussis
Score
E-value
Identity (%)
-13
25
230
6e-60
87
116
25
9e-
38
89
1e-16
32
79
3e
PP14-C7-801-079-C06-CT.F
1
exopolysaccharide
biosynthesis protein
Mesorhizobium loti
PP14-C7-802-098-H03-CT.F
1
lipase, putative
Paramecium tetraurelia
PP14-C7-801-105-A03-CT.F
1
pectine lyase F
Aspergillus niger
492
4e-48
44
Contig420
6
pectine lyase F
Aspergillus nidulans
135
8e-31
42
-87
Contig1852
6
putative 1,3-beta-glucan
synthase
Oryza sativa
325
2e
56
PP14-C7-802-076-B03-CT.F
1
putative beta-1,3-glucan
synthase
Nicotiana alata
171
2e-41
38
Contig585
7
putative
Phytophthora infestans
endo-1,3;1,4-beta-glucanas
e
58
5e-08
96
PP14-C7-801-064-A02-CT.F
1
putative esterase
Oryza sativa
117
3e-25
38
PP14-C7-801-007-E03-CT.F
1
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
345
5e-95
74
PP14-C7-802-074-B12-CT.F
1
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
325
3e-88
98
Contig1478
16
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
270
3e-71
65
Contig258
23
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
919
0.0
88
Contig258
3
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
919
0.0
88
PP14-C7-801-023-D06-CT.F
1
putative
exo-1,3-beta-glucanase
Phytophthora infestans
100
3e-20
40
PP14-C7-801-013-E08-CT.F
1
related to amidase
Neurospora crassa
81
4e-14
39
Contig1326
3
urea amidolyase
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.
citri
50
1e-05
44
Contig1574
8
CTR1-like kinase kinase
kinase
Oryza sativa
196
1e-48
43
Contig946
5
CTR1-like protein kinase
Oryza sativa
135
2e-30
29
Contig336
3
CTR1-like kinase kinase
kinase
Brassica juncea
79
3e-13
35
Contig810
5
CTR1-like kinase kinase
kinase
Brassica juncea
97
6e-19
30
Contig1781
8
CTR1-like kinase kinase
kinase
Oryza sativa
87
3e-16
38
PP14-C7-801-036-D03-CT.F
1
MAPK-related kinase
Tetrahymena thermophila
129
1e-28
39
PP14-C7-802-140-G08-CT.F
1
MAP kinase 4
Zea mays
84
3e-15
59
PP14-C7-802-010-E02-CT.F
1
MAP kinase kinase
Yarrowia lipolytica
77
1e-13
43
-14
Others
PP14-C7-801-066-F02-CT.F
1
MAP3K beta 1 protein
kinase
Brassica napus
82
2e
37
Contig1084
5
cyst germination specific
acidic protein
Phytophthora infestans
92
3e-17
42
PP14-C7-801-090-C09-CT.F
1
ascus development protein
1
Neurospora crassa
100
1e-21
33
PP14-C7-801-099-F07-CT.F
1
ethylene-inducible
CTR1-like protein kinase
Lycopersicon esculentum
87
7e-16
34
1004
Six putative genes which belonged to the complex
family of elicitin-like proteins were also found in the
PP/CitEST database (Table 2). Elicitin-like genes encode
putative extra cellular proteins which share the 98 aminoacid elicitin domains, which correspond to the mature INF1
elicitin. Five inf genes (inf2A, inf2B, inf5, inf6, and inf7)
encode predicted proteins with a C-terminal domain in addition to the N-terminal elicitin domain. The elicitins genes
are classified into four classes, class IA, class IB, class II
and class III, based on peptide signal sequence (Baillieul et
al., 2003). These proteins may form a `lollipop on a stick’
structure, formed by disulfide bonds in cysteine residues
(Figure 3), on which an O-glycosylated domain forms an
extended rod that holds the protein to the cell wall causing
the extra cellular N-terminal domain to be left exposed on
the cell surface. Therefore, these atypical INF proteins may
be associated with the surface or cell wall glycoprotein that
interacts with plant cells during infection (Kamoun et al.,
1997).
Elicitins are extracellular proteins with still unknown
functions, but it has already been proven that they induce a
hypersensitive reply in the host, as already proven in tobacco by Qutob et al. (2003). It is believed that elicitins are
lipid binding-related proteins and that they present functions of phospholipid; thus they are able to cross cell membranes, by an interaction with ergosterol in residues present
in amino acid sequences (Kamoun et al., 1997). Other studies suggest that multiple layers of INF elicitin recognition
and late blight resistance occur in Nicotiana tabacum (Baker et al., 1997).
Experiments with elicitins in tobacco have shown that
elicitins are either proteins which cause hypersensitive responses in the plant or they are virulence factors. Such molecules are typically secreted into the intercellular interface
between the pathogen and the plant, or they are taken up
into the host cell to reach their cellular target. Interactions
between plants and microbial pathogens involve complex
signal exchange on the plant surface and in the intercellular
space interface. The elicitins are considered only one signal
in this complex communication (Parniske, 2000; Hahn and
Mendgen, 2001).
Phylogenetic analysis of the six PP/CitEST elicitins
and homologies has grouped the sequences into four clades,
Rosa et al.
except for the outgroup (Figure 4). One PP elicitin cluster
(PP14-C7-801-042-F12-CT.F) was grouped in the clade of
the class IA which has 75.4% of homology with P.
cinnamomi. A second clade consisting of two PP clusters
(Contig 987, Contig 739) similar to elicitins class IB was
close to P. megasperma, with 82% and 79% sequence identity, respectively (Figure 4). In a third clade, one PP cluster
(contig 133) grouped with class II P. cinnamomi elicitins,
with 75% sequence similarity. In the last clade, two PP
clusters, consisting of contig 888 and contig 1181, were
grouped together with the class III P. infestans and P.
brassicae elicitins, which share 78% and 84% similarity,
Figure 4 - Phylogenetic dendrogram of elicitin amino acid sequences.
Multiple alignment of selected elicitin amino acid sequences from
PP/CitEST and homology was performed in Clustal X. Dendrogram was
constructed and visualized by Mega programs using neighbor-joining
method. The following sequences were obtained from EMBL GeneBank:
Phytophthora megasperma 1 (AJ493606), 2 (AJ493607), 3 (gi|544239),
P. cryptogea 1 (gi|599947), 2 (gi|21466142), P cinnamomi 1 (gi|4469292),
2 (gi|4469290), P. dreschslei (gi|544238), P. sojae (gi|27922903), P.
infestans 1 (gi|51832281), 2 (gi|2707621), 3 (gi|16225870), P. brassicae 1
(gi|29838396), 2 (gi|29838400), Pythium vexans (gi|945184). There were
six clusters from Phytophthora parasitica/CitEST: one sharing sequence
similarity with elicitin protein class IA (PP14-C7-801-042-F12-CT.F),
two clusters with elicitins class IB (Contig 987, Contig 739), one cluster
with elicitin class II (Contig 133) and two clusters with elicitins class III
(Contig 888, Contig 1181). The numbers indicate percentages supporting
the branches by 10,000 bootstrap replicates (bar corresponds to 0.1 substitutions per site).
Figure 3 - Multiple alignment of Phytophthora elicitin amino acid sequences and homologies. Cysteine residues involved in disulfide bonds are showed
in shaded box. The three conserved disulfide bonds are represented by arrows. Residues that putatively interact with ergosterol are indicated by #.
Gene expression of the Phytophthora
respectively (Figure 4). Huitema et al. (2005) demonstrated
that elicitins class III induced hypersensitive response activity that led to cell death and showed a resistance character. The class I elicitins are known by their interaction with
non-host and they are probably used by P. parasitica to survive in the saprophytic form.
Necrosis-inducer proteins are related to the necrotic
responses in plant. Many genes related to this induction are
characterized as avr genes (MacGregor et al., 2002). There
are countless Avr loci, but there are only few avr gene sequences known. P. sojae has more than 13 avr genes, but
they have not been isolated yet, although a recent study has
shown that Avr loci may be successfully identified by positional cloning methods (Tyler et al., 1995). This has led to
both the isolation of the Avr1a and Avr1b/Avr1k loci, and
also the identification of the Avr1b protein (Tyler et al.,
1995; MacGregor et al., 2002). No work has reported that
these molecules have been described to elicit host and
non-host responses, although they seem to be specific Avr
gene for definitive races (Cheong et al., 1991; Nürnberger
et al., 1994).
The analyses of the responses induced by the crinkling and necrosis-inducers (CRN) cDNAs in many plants,
suggest that they are general elicitors that trigger necrotic
responses nonspecifically, both in resistant species and also
in the susceptible host (Kamoun et al., 1998; Kamoun et al.,
1999; Qotub et al., 2002). It is believed that CRNs differ
from specific elicitors, such as INF1, which induce defense
responses only in specific plant genotypes (Kamoun et al.,
1998; Kamoun et al., 1999), but it also resembles NIP,
which functions in several dicotyledonous plants (Qutob et
al., 2002). The general elicitors of plant pathogens were recently compared to pathogen-associated molecular patterns
(PAMPs), which are surface-derived molecules that induce
the expression of defense-response genes as well as the production of antimicrobial compounds in both animal and
plant cells (Gomez-Gomez and Boller, 2002; Nürnberger
and Brunner, 2002). Whether the CRN proteins function as
PAMPs still remains unclear. It is supported by observation
that CRN genes are found in several Phytophthora species.
In addition, CRNs could aid in a colonization process of
plant tissue during the late necrotrophic phase of the infection, as proposed for the NIP protein (Qutob et al., 2002).
Four EST clusters similar to CRN proteins (Figure 5,
Table 2) were found in the P. parasitica/CitEST database.
Three of these clusters (Contig 1422, PP14-C7-802082-A05-CT.F and PP14-C7-802-125-A07-CT.F) were
phylogenetically related to CRN8 of P. infestans;, whereas
the fourth cluster (Contig 1550) showed similarity to CRN6
of P. infestans (Figure 5). Strange as it may seem, the observation that CRN genes were found in the P. parasitica
virulent strain during colonization of the media culture indicates that it is only expressed during the infection process
is incorrect. In fact, what is correct is the importance of the
factor for the expression and secretion during the infection
1005
Figure 5 - Analysis of amino acid sequences of necrosis-inducing proteins. Dendrogram built by alignment of the selected amino acid sequences of the necrosis-inducing proteins. The tree was constructed and
visualized by Mega using the Neighbor-joining method. The following sequences were obtained from EMBL GeneBank: the crinkling and necrosis
inducing class clade showed Phytophthora infestans CRN1 gi|23394425,
CRN2 gi|23394429, CRN6 gi|66270141 and CRN8 gi|66270145 with the
clusters Contig1433, Contig 1550, PP14-C7-802-082-A05-CT.F and
PP14-C7-802-125-A07-CT.F. In necrosis inducing protein clade showed
the cluster contig1413 with the P. infestans NPP1 gi|66270095, F.
oxyxporum NEP-like gi|86371279 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.
erythroxyli gi|2697132. The scale is corrected for multiple substitutions.
The numbers indicate percentages supporting the branches by 10,000
bootstrap replicates (bar corresponds to 0.1 substitutions per site).
process. In the future, additional functional analyses of the
CRN genes in P. parasitica and the P. parasitica-Citrus
system will aid in determining the nature of the contribution of these genes in the infection process
Another necrosis-inducing protein in the P.
parasitica/CitEST database was NIP (necrosis-inducing
protein), which is a secreted protein of 60 amino acids. This
protein was detected in other pathogens, and besides that,
there is the hypothesis that this gene product has a dual
function in both fungal avirulence and virulence (Tyler,
2002). In barley cultivars expressing the R gene Rrs1, the
protein elicits defense reactions ofin the plant (avirulence
function). However, in a concentration dependent manner,
and without considering the plant resistance genotype, the
formation of necrotic lesions is induced similar to the scald
symptoms. This occurred in barley cultivars. as well as in
other cereal species; however, it did not occur in the dicotyledonous species Arabidopsis thaliana (virulenceassociated function). This toxic activity seems to be mediated by the stimulation of the plant plasma membranelocalized H+-ATPase (Tyler, 2002).
In Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. erythroxyli, a NEP1
protein (necrosis-inducing protein) was found which
causes cell death in many different plant species when applied as a foliar spray. In other studies, orthologues of
NEP1 gene were cloned and characterized in Phytophthora
megakarya; indicating that it is a fungal agent for black pod
disease in Theobroma cacao (cacao). After observing the
necrotic lesions in cacao leaves sprayed with NEP1 (Bae et
al., 2005) for 10 days, the constitutive expression of this
protein was noted. This is directly involved with the transition between the hemibiotrophic and the necrotrophic
phases.
1006
In the P. parasitica database, one cluster with homology to P. sojae protein (Table 2) was detected, but in the
phylogenetic analyses this cluster appeared in the clade
with NEP of F. oxysporum with 64% similarity (Figure 5).
The production of polypeptides and polyamines is
also an important factor in pathogenicity. In the PP/CitEST
database, one singleton read was found sharing a sequence
similar to the ornithine decarboxilase (ODC) of Mucor
circinelloides f. lusitanicus, (Table 2), and other enzymes
of this pathway. ODC is an important enzyme in polyamine
production. The inhibition of this enzyme is an effective
therapy in the treatment of Trypanosomiasis and also other
diseases caused by Plasmodia, Giardia, and Leishmania
and in Stagonospora (Septoria) nodorum, a
phytopathogenic fungi. This is probably a target for chemical control because of the need for this enzyme in virulence
and growth (Bailey et al., 2000).
In yeast, a pleiotropic drug resistance transporter system is responsible for the protection of microorganism cell
against antibiotic and heavy metals, such as cadmium. In P.
parasitica, three clusters that have homology with these
genes were noted. These were also found in P. sojae (Table
2). This system probably aids in its survival in soil with
high levels of heavy metal or exposure to fungicides.
Another group of expressed genes found in P.
parasitica transcripts are heat shock proteins (HSP), also
called stress proteins. This is a group of proteins that is
present in all cells in all kinds of organisms. They are induced when a cell undergoes different kinds of environmental stresses such as heat, cold and oxygen deprivation.
Heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones. They
are usually cytoplasmic proteins and they perform functions in many of the intra-cellular processes. They play an
important role in protein-protein interactions, such as folding and assisting in the establishment of proper protein conformation (shape) and also in the prevention of undesirable
protein aggregation. Through the partial stabilization of the
unfolded proteins, HSPs aid to transport proteins across
intreacellular membranes. Some members of the HSP family are expressed from low to moderate levels in all organisms due to their essential role in protein maintenance
(Lund, 2001).
Here, eleven clusters related to HSPs were found in
the P. parasitica database, with evidence pointed out by Jacobson et al. (1994) that P. parasitica probably uses these
proteins in melanin metabolism and in the infection process
(Table 2). Moreover, several clusters were also found in the
P. parasitica database (Table 2), showing significant sequence similarity to other genes related to infection and
host colonization processes, such as cystein proteinase,
pepsinogen, proteases and acidic chitinase.
There is evidence linking melanin biosynthesis to virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus conidia. Superoxide dismutases, glutathione S-transferase GST, glutathione
peroxidase and glutamine synthetase are important clean-
Rosa et al.
ing antioxidants and they have an additional hypothetical
role in virulence. However, although these enzymes have
been biochemically characterized in Aspergillus and
Cryptococcus, there is no concrete evidence that these enzymes are involved in pathogenicity. Catalase production
may play some role in the virulence of Candida albicans,
but this enzyme has not yet been proven to have some kind
of influence in the virulence of A. fumigatus. There is data
supporting an antioxidant function of the acyclic hexitol
mannitol in C. neoformans, however, further investigation
is required. Research on the putative antioxidant activities
in a range of other fungal enzymes, like acid phosphatases,
currently still limited (Hamilton and Holdom, 1999).
Eleven genes of this group were detected in the P.
parasitica database (Table 2). These genes are important in
the pathogen’s defense system because their products protect the organism against reactive oxygen species or induce
cell death in the host. Jacobson et al. (1994) report the production of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and melanin in
pathogenic fungi as important factors for basidiomycetes,
considering that melanin production is an established virulence factor and that pathogenic fungi produce melanin (Jacobson et al., 1994).
Three clusters spotted in the P. parasitica database
share sequence similarity with a superoxide dismutase family in P. infestans (67%) and in C. reinhardtii (58%). In addition, we found: four clusters showing similarity with
glutathione S-transferase, two clusters similar to glutathione peroxidase, one cluster similar to glutamine synthetase, one glutathione reductase and two similar to
thioredoxin peroxidase (Table 2). The expression of oxidative stress-related genes in vitro could be related to P.
parasitica melanin production, and it could also be related
to an increase in expression during the infection process.
This is the first report on global gene expression in P.
parasitica, a causal agent of gummosis in citrus. Here, several genes were identified which may contribute to the understanding of pathogenicity mechanisms of P. parasitica
and which also may represent new possible tags for chemical control. The understanding of this pathogenicity could
aid in the development of new methods or new chemical
control tags for citrus gummosis. For instance, the development of molecules that deactivate the pathogenicity factors
presented here.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank CNPq/ Millennium Institute
/Citrus and FAPESP for financial support.
References
Alexopoulos CJ, Mims CW and Blackwell M (1996) Phylom
Oomycota. In: Alexopoulos CJ, Mims CW and Blackwell M
(eds) Introductory Mycology. John Wiley & Sons Press,
Washington, pp 683-737.
Gene expression of the Phytophthora
Altschul S, Madden T, Schaffer A, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Mille W and
Lipman DJ (1997) Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: A new
generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic
Acids Res 25:3389-3402.
Averna-Saccá R (1917) Moléstias das laranjeiras. Boletim Agrícola 18:33-36.
Bae H, Bowers J, Tooley P and Bailey B (2005) NEP1 orthologs
encoding necrosis and ethylene inducing proteins exist as a
multigene family in Phytophthora megakarya, causal agent
of black pod disease on cacao. Mycol Res 109:1373-1385.
Bailey BA, Apel-Birkhold PC, Akingbe OO, Ryan JR, O’Neill
NR and Anderson JD (2000) Nep1 protein from Fusarium
oxysporum enhances biological control of opium poppy by
Pleospora papaveracea. Phytopathol 90:812-818.
Baillieul F, de Ruffray P and Kauffmann S (2003) Molecular
cloning and biological activity of Alpha, Beta, and Gamamegaspermin, three elicitins secreted by Phytophthora
megasperma H20. Plant Physiol 131:155-166.
Baker B, Zambryski P, Staskawicz B and Dinesh-Kumar SP
(1997) Signalling in plant - Microbe interactions. Science
276:726-733.
Chen W, Hsieh H and Tseng T (1998) Purification and characterization of a pectin lyase from Pythium splendens infected
cucumber fruits. Bot Bull Acad Sin 39:181-186.
Cheong J, Bierberg W, Fügedi P, Pilotti A, Garegg PJ, Hong N,
Ogawa T and Hahn MG (1991) Structure-activity relationships of oligo-b-glucoside elicitors in phytoalexin accumulation in soybean. Plant Cell 3:127-136.
Erwin DC and Ribeiro OK (1996) Phytophthora parasitca. In:
Erwin DC and Ribeiro OK (eds) Phytophthora Diseases
Worldwide. APS Press, St. Paul, pp 347-478.
Ewing B, Hillier L, Wendl M and Green P (1998) Basecalling of
automated sequencer traces using phred. I. Accuracy assessment. Genome Res 8:175-185.
Fawcett HS (1936) Citrus Disease and Their Control. 2nd edition.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 312 pp.
Förster H, Coffey MD, Elwood H and Sogin ML (1990) Sequence
analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNAs of three zoosporic fungi and implications for fungal evolution. Mycologia 82:306-312.
Gaulin E, Jauneau A, Villalba F, Rickauer M, Esquerré-Tugayé
MT and Bottin A (2002) The CBEL glycoprotein of Phytophthora parasitica var-nicotianae is involved in cell wall
deposition and adhesion to cellulosic substrates. J Cell Sci
115:4565-4575.
Gomez-Gomez L and Boller T (2002) Flagellin perception: A paradigm for innate immunity. Trends Plant Sci 6:251-256.
Gunderson JH, Elwood H, Ingold A, Kindle K and Sogin ML
(1987) Phylogenic relationships between chlorophytes,
chrysophytes, and oomycetes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
84:5823-5827.
Hahn M and Mendgen K (2001) Signal and nutrient exchange at
biotrophic plant-fungus interfaces. Curr Opin Plant Biol
4:322-327.
Hamilton A and Holdom MD (1999) Antioxidant systems in the
pathogenic fungi of man and their role in virulence. Med
Mycol 37:375-89.
Hanahan D (1983) Studies on transformation of Escherichia coli
with plasmids. J Mol Biol 166:557-580.
Huang X and Madan A (1999) CAP3: A DNA Sequence Assembly Program. Genome Res 9:868-877.
1007
Huitema E, Vleeshouwers VGANA, Cakir C, Kamoun S and
Govers F (2005) Differences in intensity and specificity of
hypersensitive response induction in Nicotiana spp. by
INF1, INF2A, and INF2B of Phytophthora infestans. Mol
Plant Microbe Interact 18:183-193.
Jacobson ES, Jenkins ND and Todd JM (1994) Relationship between superoxide dismutase and melanin in a pathogenic
fungus. Infect Immun 62:4085-4086.
Judelson HS (1997) The genetics and biology of Phytophthora
infestans: Modern approaches to a historical challenge. Fungal Genet Biol 22:65-76.
Kamoun S, Lindqvist H and Govers F (1997) A novel class of
elicitin-like genes from Phytophthora infestans. Mol Plant
Microbe Interact 10:1028-1030.
Kamoun S, van West P, Vleeshouwers VGAA, de Groot K and
Govers F (1998) Resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to
Phytophthora infestans is mediated by the recognition of the
elicitor protein INF1. Plant Cell 10:1413-1425.
Kamoun S, Huitema E and Vleeshouwers VGAA (1999) Resistance to oomycetes: A general role for the hypersensitive response? Trends Plant Sci 4:196-200.
Kumar S, Tamura K and Nei M (2004) MEGA3: Integrated Software for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis and Sequence Alignment. Brief Bioinformatics 5:150-163.
Lund PA (2001) Microbial molecular chaperones. Adv Microb
Physiol 44:93-140.
MacGregor T, Bhattacharyya M, Tyler B, Bhat R, Schmitthenner
AF and Gijzen M (2002) Genetic and physical mapping of
Avr1a in Phytophthora sojae. Genetics 160:949-959.
Müller AS (1933) Observations and notes on citrus disease in
Minas Gerais, Brasil. Phytopatholgy 23:734-737.
Nürnberger T and Brunner F (2002) Innate immunity in plants and
animals: Emerging parallels between the recognition of general elicitors and pathogen-associated molecular patterns.
Curr Opin Plant Biol 4:318-324.
Nürnberger T, Nennstiel D, Jabs T, Sacks WR, Hahlbrock K and
Scheel D (1994) High affinity binding of a fungal oligopeptide elicitor to parsley plasma membranes triggers multiple defense responses. Cell 78:449-460.
Parniske M (2000) Intracellular accommodation of microbes by
plants: A common developmental program for symbiosis
and disease? Curr Opin Plant Biol 3:320-328.
Qutob D, Kamoun S and Gijzen M (2002) Expression of a Phytophthora sojae necrosis-inducing protein occurs during
transition from biotrophy to necrotrophy. Plant J
32:361-373.
Qutob D, Huitema E, Gijzen M and Kamoun S (2003) Variation in
structure and activity among elicitins from Phytophthora
sojae. Mol Plant Pathol 4:119-124.
Siviero A, Furtado EL, Boava LP, Barbasso DV and Machado
MA (2002) Avaliação de métodos de inoculação de Phytophthora parasitica em plântulas e plantas jovens de citros.
Fitopatologia Brasileira 27:574-580.
Soanes DM and Talbot NJ (2006) Comparative genomics analysis
of phytopathogenic fungi using expressed sequence tag
(EST) collections. Mol Plant Path 7:61-70.
Thompson JD, Gibson TJ, Plewniak F, Jeanmougin F and Higgins
DG (1997) The ClustalX windows interface: Flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res 25:4876-4882.
1008
Tucker SL and Talbot NJ (2001) Surface attachment and prepenetration stage development by plant pathogenic fungi.
Annu Rev Phytopathol 39:385-417.
Tyler BM (2002) Molecular basis of recognition between
Phytophtora pathogens and their hosts. Annu Rev Phytopathol 40:137-167.
Tyler BM, Förster H and Coffey MD (1995) Inheritance of avirulence factors and restriction fragment length polymorphism markers in outcrosses of the Öomycete Phytophthora
sojae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 8:515-523.
Waugh M, Hraber P, Weller J, Wu Y, Chen G, Inman J, Kiphart D
and Sobral B (2000) The Phytophthora genome initiative database: Informatics and analysis for distributed pathogenomic research. Nucleic Acids Res 28:87-90.
View publication stats
Rosa et al.
Internet Resources
http://citest.centrodecitricultura.br - Center APTA Citros Sylvio
Moreira/IAC - Millennium Institute, Database webpage (verified January 28, 2005).
http://www.phrap.org - PhredPhrap package (verified March 25,
2004).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - GenBank database and BLAST
tools (verified January 28, 2005).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/COG/ - Clusters of Orthologous
Groups of proteins (verified February 28, 2005).
http://www.tigr.org/docs/tigr-script/edga_scripts/roles_report.spl
- Script tool (verified March 2, 2005).
http://cogeme.ex.ac.uk/ - EST collections COGEME (verified
March 2, 2005).
Associate Editor: Raquel Luciana Boscariol-Camargo