WO1995029238A1 - Genetic sequences conferring disease resistance in plants and uses therefor - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to genetic sequences, and more particularly to genetic sequences which confer or otherwise facilitate disease resistance in plants such as against rust and mildew.
- the present invention further provides for transgenic plants carrying the subject genetic sequences enabling the generation of disease resistant plants.
- the present invention is particularly useful for developing disease resistance in crop varieties.
- rust resistance genes control specific recognition of the products of rust avirulence genes.
- plant breeders deploy resistance genes that match the avirulence genes present in the local strains of the pathogens.
- the pathogen populations are dynamic and frequently new pathogenic strains arise by any number of means such as by mutation, recombination or accidental or natural introduction of new pathogenic strains.
- the existing disease resistant varieties then become susceptible to the new pathogenic strains.
- Plant breeders are then forced to develop new disease resistant varieties. At present, breeders use resistance genes that exist in either wheat or its relatives as their pool of new genes.
- genetic sequences conferring rust resistance have been cloned from flax.
- the cloning of these sequences provides the means of generating transgenic plants with de novo, increased or otherwise enhanced rust resistance.
- the present invention also permits the screening through genetic or immunological means similar rust resistance genes in other plants for use in developing or enhancing rust resistance in commercially and economically important species.
- the application of knowledge of the molecular basis behind resistance gene action and the specificity thereof offers the potential of a new source of genes produced by a variety of recombinant techniques. These new genes with altered disease resistance specificites are referred to herein as "modular resistance genes”.
- one aspect of the present invention comprises an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence of nucleotides which confers or otherwise facilitates disease resistance in a plant. More particularly, the disease resistance is rust resistance.
- the present invention extends, however, to resistance to obligate biotrophic pathogens including but not limited to fungi, viruses and nematodes.
- nucleic acid molecule which comprises a sequence of nucleotides corresponding or complementary to the nucleotide sequence set forth in F ure 1 (SEQ ID NO:l) or having at least 45% similarity to all or part thereof and wherein said nucleic acid molecule confers or otherwise facilitates rust resistance in a plant.
- nucleic acid molecule which comprises a sequence of nucleotides encoding or complementary to a sequence of nucleotides encoding the amino acid sequence set forth in Figure 1 (SEQ ID NOs:2 to 5) or having at least 45% similarity to all or part thereof and wherein said nucleic acid molecule confers or otherwise facilitates rust resistance in a plant
- the percentage similarity to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:l or SEQ ID NOs:2 to 5 is at least 50%. Even more preferably, the percentage similarity is at least 60%. Still more preferably, the percentage similarity is at least 65%. Yet still more preferably, the percentage similarity is at least 80-90% includmg at least 91% or 93% or 95%.
- the sequences in Figure 1 relate to the "L6" allele of the disease resistance gene L which controls host resistance to flax rust races that carry the corresponding avirulence gene AL6.
- the present invention extends to other alleles of the gene or alleles of the M gene.
- a related embodiment of the present invention contemplates a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence of nucleotides encoding or complementary to a sequence encoding a peptide, polypeptide or protein wherein said peptide, polypeptide or protein is capable of interacting with an avirulence gene product on a flax rust.
- the rust resistance gene is the L6 allele
- the corresponding avirulence gene is AL6.
- a similar nomenclature applied to the other alleles of the L gene for example, the L2 and L10 alleles. Their corresponding avirulence genes are AL2 and AL10, respectively.
- a further aspect of the present invention contemplates a nucleic acid molecule which confers or otherwise facilitates rust resistance in a plant and which is capable of hybridising under at least low stringency conditions to the nucleic acid molecule defined in SEQ ID NO: 1.
- the genetic sequences of the present invention are necessary for specific recognition of the products of rust avirulence genes. Accordingly, the genetic sequences are useful in enhancing existing rust resistance genes, providing de novo the required specific recognition of rust avirulence gene products or being introduced together with rust avirulence genes on, for example, a single genetic cassette. Accordingly, these aspects of the invention are covered by the expression "conferring or otherwise enhancing rust resistance” or other similar expression.
- the present invention is particularly directed to resistance conferring or facilitating genetic sequences from flax plants and from its relative Linum marginale.
- the subject invention clearly contemplates other sources of rust resistance genes such as but not limited to other species of Linu , soybeans, sunflowers and cereals amongst other plants including wild varieties of wheat, barley and maize.
- the genetic sequences conferring or otherwise facilitating rust resistance may correspond to the naturally occurring sequence or may differ by one or more nucleotide substitutions, deletions and or additions. Accordingly, the present invention extends to rust resistance genes and any functional alleles mutants, derivatives, parts, fragments, homologues or analogues thereof or non-functional molecules but which are at least useful as, for example, genetic probes or in the generation of immunologically interactive recombinant molecules.
- the present invention further extends to the promoter region from the rust resistance genes such as from L6, L2 or L10. A preferred promoter is from L6. Such promoters may be useful in driving expression of transgenes.
- alleles of the flax rust resistance gene L include, but are not limited to L6, L2 and L10 although all alleles of the L locus are encompassed by the present invention.
- the present invention also extends to alleles of the M locus.
- the present invention further contemplates recombinant or synthetic rust resistance gene products, such as the products of the L6, L2 or L10 alleles of the L resistance gene.
- a particularly preferred recombinant or synthetic rust resistance gene product is from the L6 gene.
- the L6 protein has the following features; an amino terminal half containing a nucleotide binding site (NBS) consisting of several motifs including the P-loop and further downstream, a kinase-2 motif (14).
- NSS nucleotide binding site
- a kinase-2 motif 14
- rust resistance-like genes or "rust resistance genetic sequences”.
- Reference herein to "genes” is to be taken in its broadest context and includes a classical genomic gene as well as mRNA or cDNA corresponding to the coding regions (i.e. exons) of the gene.
- the term “gene” is also used to describe synthetic or fusion molecules encoding all or part of a functional product.
- Preferred rust resistance-like genes are derived from a naturally occurring rust resistance gene by standard recombinant techniques.
- a rust resistance gene may be subjected to mutagenesis to produce single or multiple nucleotide substitutions, deletions and or additions.
- Nucleotide insertional derivatives of the rust resistance gene of the present invention include 5' and 3' terminal fusions as well as intra-sequence insertions of single or multiple nucleotides.
- Insertional nucleotide sequence variants are those in which one or more nucleotides are introduced into a predetermined site in the nucleotide sequence although random insertion is also possible with suitable screening of the resulting product. Deletional variants are characterised by the removal of one or more nucleotides from the sequence.
- Substitutional nucleotide variants are those in which at least one nucleotide in the sequence has been removed and a different nucleotide inserted in its place. Such a substitution may be "silent" in that the substitution does not change the amino acid defined by the codon. Alternatively, substituents are designed to alter one amino acid for another similar acting amino acid. Typical substitutions are those made in accordance with the following:
- the rust resistance genetic sequences or like genetic sequences are employed to identify and isolate similar genes from other plants.
- a method for identifying a rust resistance genetic sequence or rust resistance-like genetic sequence in a plant comprising contacting genomic DNA or cDNA isolated from said plant with a hybridisation effective amount of a genetic sequence conferring or otherwise rust resistance or part thereof and then detecting said hybridisation.
- the latter mentioned genetic sequence is from flax or similar plant such as a Linum species.
- the latter genetic sequence is as set forth in SEQ ID NO:l or corresponds to a probe such as defined in Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO:l l).
- the latter genetic sequence is labelled with a reporter molecule capable of giving an identifiable signal (e.g. a radioisotope such as P or S or a biotintylated molecule).
- a reporter molecule capable of giving an identifiable signal (e.g. a radioisotope such as P or S or a biotintylated molecule).
- the plant to be screened is a flax, a Linum species or a grain crop plant such as wheat, barley, maize, rye, lupins or rice and/or wild varieties of same.
- the plant is screened using antibodies to a recombinant product of a rust resistance gene.
- the present invention provides for the expression of the subject genetic sequence in a suitable host (e.g. a prokaryote or eukaryote) to produce full length or non-full length recombinant rust resistance gene products.
- a suitable host e.g. a prokaryote or eukaryote
- the immunological screening for rust resistance gene products may, in some circumstances, be more suitable than a genetic screening procedure.
- Another aspect of the present invention is, therefore, directed to antibodies to a recombinant rust resistance gene product or part or fragment thereof.
- Such antibodies may be monoclonal or polyclonal and may be selected from naturally occurring antibodies to a rust resistance gene product or may be specifically raised to a recombinant rust resistance gene product. In the case of the latter, the rust resistance gene product may first need to be associated with a carrier molecule. Alternatively, fragments of antibodies may be used such as Fab fragments.
- the present invention extends to recombinant and synthetic antibodies and to antibody hybrids. A "synthetic antibody" is considered herein to include fragments and hybrids of antibodies.
- antibodies may be raised to fragments or derivatives of the rust resistance gene product such as oligopeptides derived from or based on the product of, for example, the L6 gene.
- the antibodies and/or the recombinant rust resistance gene products of the present invention are particularly useful for the immunological screening of rust resistance gene products in various plants, in monitoring expression of rust resistance genetic sequences in transgenic plants and as a proprietary tagging system.
- specific antibodies are used to screen for rust resistance gene products in plants.
- Techniques for the assays contemplated herein are known in the art and include, for example, sandwich assays and ELISA.
- first and second antibodies may be used in detection assays or a first antibody may be used with a commercially available anti- immunoglobulin antibody.
- An antibody as contemplated herein includes any antibody specific to any region of a recombinant rust resistance gene product.
- Both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are obtainable by immunisation with a recombinant rust resistance gene product and either type is utilisable for immunoassays.
- the methods of obtaining both types of sera are well known in the art.
- Polyclonal sera are less preferred but are relatively easily prepared by injection of a suitable laboratory animal with an effective amount of recombinant rust resistance gene product, or antigenic or immunointeractive parts thereof, collecting serum from the animal and isolating specific sera by any of the known immunoadsorbent techniques.
- antibodies produced by this method are utilisable in virtually any type of immunoassay, they are generally less favoured because of the potential heterogeneity of the product.
- the use of monoclonal antibodies in an immunoassay is particularly preferred because of the ability to produce them in large quantities and the homogeneity of the product.
- the preparation of hybridoma cell lines for monoclonal antibody production derived by fusing an immortal cell line and lymphocytes sensitised against the immunogenic preparation can be done by techniques which are well known to those who are skilled in the art (see, for example, references 4, 5 and 6).
- a rust resistance gene product in a plant or more commonly plant extract may be accomplished in a number of ways such as by Western blotting and ELISA procedures.
- a wide range of immunoassay techniques are available as can be seen by reference to US Patent Nos. 4,016,043, 4, 424,279 and 4,018,653. These, of course, includes both single-site and two-site or "sandwich" assays of the non- competitive types, as well as in the traditional competitive binding assays. These assays also include direct binding of a labelled antibody to a target.
- Sandwich assays are among the most useful and commonly used assays and are favoured for use in the present invention.
- an unlabelled antibody is immobilised on a solid substrate and the sample to be tested brought into contact with the bound molecule.
- a second antibody specific to the antigen labelled with a reporter molecule capable of producing a detectable signal is then added and incubated, allowing time sufficient for the formation of another complex of antibody-antigen-labelled antibody. Any unreacted material is washed away, and the presence of the antigen is determined by observation of a signal produced by the reporter molecule.
- the first antibody is raised to a recombinant rust resistance gene product and the antigen is a rust resistance gene product in a plant.
- results may either be qualitative, by simple observation of the visible signal, or may be quantitated by comparing with a control sample containing known amounts of hapten.
- Variations on the forward assay include a simultaneous assay, in which both sample and labelled antibody are added simultaneously to the bound antibody. These techniques are well known to those skilled in the art, including any minor variations as will be readily apparent.
- the sample is one which might contain rust resistance gene product and include crude or purified plant extract such as extracts of leaves, roots and stems.
- a first antibody raised against a recombinant rust resistance gene product is either covalently or passively bound to a solid surface.
- the solid surface is typically glass or a polymer, the most commonly used polymers being cellulose, polyacrylamide, nylon, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride or polypropylene.
- the solid supports may be in the form of tubes, beads, discs of microplates, or any other surface suitable for conducting an immunoassay.
- the binding processes are well-known in the art and generally consist of cross-linking, covalent binding or physically adsorption, the polymer-antibody complex is washed in preparation for the test sample.
- An aliquot of the sample to be tested is then added to the solid phase complex and incubated for a period of time sufficient (e.g. 2-40 minutes) and under suitable conditions (e.g. 25°C) to allow binding of any antigen present in the sample to the antibody.
- the reaction locus is washed and dried and incubated with a second antibody specific for a portion of the first antibody.
- the second antibody is linked to a reporter molecule which is used to indicate the binding of the second antibody to the hapten.
- An alternative method involves immobilising the target molecules in the biological sample and then exposing the immobilised target to specific antibody which may or may not be labelled with a reporter molecule. Depending on the amount of target and the strength of the reporter molecule signal, a bound target may be detected by direct labelling with the antibody. Alternatively, a second labelled antibody, specific to the first antibody is exposed to the target-first antibody complex to form a target- first antibody-second antibody tertiary complex. The complex is detected by the signal emitted by the reporter molecule.
- reporter molecule as used in the present specification, is meant a molecule which, by its chemical nature, provides an analytically identifiable signal which allows the detection of antigen-bound antibody. Detection may be either qualitative or quantitative. The most commonly used reporter molecules in this type of assay are either enzymes, fluorophores or radionuclide containing molecules (i.e. radioisotopes) and chemiluminescent molecules.
- an enzyme is conjugated to the second antibody, generally by means of glutaraldehyde or periodate.
- glutaraldehyde or periodate As will be readily recognised, however, a wide variety of different conjugation techniques exist, which are readily available to the skilled artisan.
- Commonly used enzymes include horseradish peroxidase, glucose oxidase, beta-galactosidase and alkaline phosphatase, amongst others.
- the substrates to be used with the specific enzymes are generally chosen for the production, upon hydrolysis by the corresponding enzyme, of a detectable colour change. Examples of suitable enzymes include alkaline phosphatase and peroxidase.
- the enzyme-labelled antibody is added to the first antibody-hapten complex, allowed to bind, and then the excess reagent is washed away. A solution containing the appropriate substrate is then added to the complex of antibody-antigen-antibody. The substrate will react with the enzyme linked to the second antibody, giving a qualitative visual signal, which may be further quantitated, usually spectrophotometrically, to give an indication of the amount of hapten which was present in the sample.
- reporter molecule also extends to use of cell agglutination or inhibition of agglutination such as red blood cells on latex beads, and the like.
- fluorescent compounds such as fluorescein and rhodamine
- fluorescein and rhodamine may be chemically coupled to antibodies without altering their binding capacity.
- the fluorochrome- labelled antibody When activated by illumination with light of a particular wavelength, the fluorochrome- labelled antibody adsorbs the light energy, inducing a state to excitability in the molecule, followed by emission of the light at a characteristic colour visually detectable with a light microscope.
- enzyme immunoassays EIA
- the fluorescent labelled antibody is allowed to bind to the first antibody-hapten complex. After washing off the unbound reagent, the remaining tertiary complex is then exposed to the light of the appropriate wavelength the fluorescence observed indicates the presence of the hapten of interest.
- Immunofluorescene and EIA techniques are both very well established in the art and are particularly preferred for the present method.
- other reporter molecules such as radioisotope, chemiluminescent or bioluminescent molecules, may also be
- the present invention is particularly described with reference to the flax rust resistance gene L and its alleles L6, L2 and L10. This is done, however, with the understanding that the subject invention extends to a range of resistance genes and alleles thereof for rust and other pathogens.
- the present invention extends to a resistance gene characterised by said gene encoding a product having at least one leucine rich region.
- the leucine rich region is a leucine rich repeat at the 3' end of the molecule and has at least 60% similarly to each other more preferably at least 70% similarity and even more preferably at least 80% similarity. Still more preferably, the leucine rich region corresponds to the following amino acid sequence:
- the rust resistance gene further encodes a p-Loop at its 5' end encoding the amino acid sequence:
- the p-Loop sequence comprises the amino acid residues:
- GMGGIGKTT SEQ ID NO:9, and more particularly GLYGMGGIGKTT (SEQ ID NO: 10), or having one or more amino acid substitutions, insertions and/or deletions thereto provided that such derivatives still function as a p-Loop.
- a p-Loop is involved in ATP/GTP binding. It is proposed herein that copy number and amino acid sequence of this repeated element are the determinants of the gene-for-gene specificity of rust resistance genes. Mixing and matching of these elements from existing genes will provide a potential means for creating new and useful resistance gene specificities for use in plant breeding. Such new genes are referred to herein as "modular resistance genes". This is a completely novel approach to disease resistance breeding.
- a modular resistance gene characterised in that said gene encodes a non-naturally occurring leucine rich region.
- non-naturally occurring is meant to include the manipulation of a genetic sequence to introduce a leucine rich encoding sequence, to increase the copy number of an existing leucine rich encoding sequence, to delete or insert a nucleotide sequence for or into a leucine rich encoding sequence or to otherwise modify a leucine rich encoding sequence to modulate pathogen specificity of a disease resistance gene.
- the leucine rich regions of two or more of alleles of the L locus such as L6, L2 and L10 could be combined to broaden the range of pathogens to which a gene can confer resistance.
- the present invention contemplates, therefore, a method of producing a modular resistance gene conferring resistance to a pathogen in a plant by manipulating the leucine rich regions in a disease resistance gene.
- the present invention further extends to transgenic plants such as transgenic crop plants (e.g. wheat, barley or maize) carrying a non-indigenous genetic sequence conferring or otherwise facilitating rust resistance in said plant.
- the non- indigenous genetic sequence is from a closely related species to the transgenic plant.
- the expression of the non-indigenous genetic sequence may be constitutive or inducible or developmentally regulated.
- the non-indigenous sequence may be inserted into or fused to a particular endogenous genetic sequence.
- the transgenic plant is wheat and the non-indigenous genetic sequence is from a wild variety of wheat, barley, maize, flax or Linum species. Other transformed species or resistance gene sources are not excluded.
- Figure 1 is a representation of the nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:l) and corresponding amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NOs:2 to 5) of the rust resistance gene L6.
- SEQ ID NO:l nucleotide sequence
- SEQ ID NOs:2 to 5 amino acid sequence
- the truncated product results from an alternately spliced mRNA that retains intron 3.
- translation would continue through the 82bp intron 3 as a consequence of not changing frames, a stop codon is reached just downstream of the end of the intron. This results in a product from which the major portion of the leucine rich region is removed and also the addition of an extra 29 amino (see underlined amino acids [SEQ ID NOs: 6 and 7) that are not in the full length product.
- Figure 2 is a representation of part of the L6 gene showing the LU-1 probe (underlined) and Ac insertion in mutant X75 (SEQ ID NO:l 1).
- Figure 3 is a schematic representation of the L6 gene showing location of LU-2 probe.
- Figure 4 is a representation of the amino acid sequences of the leucine rich repeat in L6.
- Figure 5 is a schematic representation of the L locus alleles.
- RUST STRAINS Four rust strains were used to screen for mutants. Three of these strains, designated CH5-78, CH5-84 and CH5-133, were obtained by selfing strain CH5. The fourth strain designated C was a parent strain of CH5. The origins of C and CH5 have been previously described (7). Each of these strains is avirulent on one of the single gene differentials and virulent on the other three. Strain CH5-84 is avirulent on "Birio" (L 6 ), CH5-78 is avirulent on "Dakota” (M), C is avirulent on "Bombay” (N) and CH5-133 is avirulent on "Abyssinian” (P ). Rust maintenance and inoculation procedures were as previously described (8). EXAMPLE 3
- TRANSFORMATION Flax cotyledons were transformed with either the vector pKU3 (9), pBT175 (10), pB135SAcl l, 12 (11) or an Ac element in which the OCS enhancer (12) had been inserted at the BamHl site at position 182, according to the protocol previously described (13).
- Susceptible mutants were of three types, namely, "whole”, in which all leaves on both lateral shoots were susceptible, “bisectored”, in which all leaves on one lateral were susceptible while the other shoot was entirely resistant and “mini-sectored”, in which only some of the leaves on one shoot were susceptible.
- the mutant gene was identified by recovering rust spores and inoculating these on to a set of four rust resistance genes
- LAMBDA CLONING Flax DNA was digested with _9_.-7.HI or Bgl ⁇ l and the unfractionated DNA was cloned into the Lambda vector EMBL4 as previously described (3).
- EXAMPLE 7 GENETIC ANALYSIS Genetic analysis including RFLP techniques, PCR analysis, Southern blot analysis and linkage analysis were as previously described (1; 2).
- the nucleotide and corresponding amino acid sequence for the L6 gene is shown in Figure 1.
- the truncated product results from an alternately spliced mRNA that retains intron 3.
- translation would continue through the 82bp intron 3 and as a consequence of not changing frames, a stop codon is reached just downstream of the end of the intron. This results in a product from which the major portion of the leucine rich region is removed and also the addition of an extra 29 amino acids (see underlined amino acids in Figure 1) that are not in the full length product.
- the L6 mutant X75 contains a transposed Ac (referred to herein as "Tr-Ac") that is not present in its resistant parent. The location of this element was mapped with respect to the L6 gene. A joint segregation analysis of Tr-Ac and the mutant L6 gene demonstrated tight linkage of these two characters. X75 was crossed to cultivar "Birio" (L6) and progeny that inherited Tr-Ac were identified by Southern analysis. Two progeny plants, D766 and D769, were test-crossed to the cultivar
- Tr-Ac "Hoshangabad” (no L6). Thirty six progeny were tested for L6 rust resistance and scored for the presence of Tr-Ac. Eighteen of the progeny were susceptible and these all possessed Tr-Ac while the remaining 18 were resistant and these all lacked Tr-Ac. This is the result expected if the allele for susceptibility is an L6 gene inactivated by Tr-Ac.
- Tr-Ac The insertion site of Tr-Ac was also mapped by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis in a family of 88 test-cross progeny in which L6 was segregating.
- a fragment of flax DNA probe LU-1 isolated from a lambda clone containing the 3' junction between Tr-Ac and flax DNA, detected 3 RFLPs that distinguished the two parents when their DNA was cut with EcoRI, Bglll and Xbal.
- the analysis of the segregation of these three markers and the L6 gene in the test- cross demonstrated that all four markers were closely linked.
- a single recombinant individual involving L6 and the RFLP marker detected in Xbal digested DNA was detected among the 88 progeny. As detailed below, this recombination event present in progeny plant D237 occurred within the region of the L6 gene.
- RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism
- ALTERS THE RESISTANCE REACTION OR SPECIFICITY OF L6 The RFLP probe LU-1 was used to establish a restriction map of the homologous regions of the resistant and susceptible parents of the test cross family and of the recombinant progeny plant D237. Three polymorphic restriction sites were detected and comparison of the maps demonstrated that a cross-over had occurred within a region of about 3kbp on either side of the Ac insertion site.
- the recombinant plant D237 was selfed and 16 progeny were screened with a rust isolate that recognises L6. The progeny and were also analysed by Southern blotting to detect the recombinant chromosome.
- the progeny segregated for rust reaction 6 were fully susceptible while 10 were partially resistant with restricted rust growth confined to the younger leaves. This result is consistent with the segregation of a novel gene for partial resistance which was not present in the original Forge parent. There was a complete association between the second class with novel rust reaction and the presence of the recombinant chromosome.
- EXCISION OF TR-AC IN PROGENY OF X75 IS ASSOCIATED WITH REVERSION TO RUST RESISTANCE
- the X75 mutant was selfed and progeny that were homozygous for the transposed Ac element were identified by Southern blotting. Selfed progeny of four such plants were in turn screened with a rust strain that recognises the L6 resistance specificity. Thirty seven resistant plants were identified among 3105 progeny. 15 of the revertants were examined by either PCR or Southern analysis for an excision fragment that would result from the excision of Ac from the L6 region. The excision marker occurred in all the plants. In two cases, the excision region was sequenced and small base changes, (an "Ac footprint") in the 8bp repeat that flanked Ac in X75 resulted from the excision process.
- LU-2 was isolated from the same lambda clone as LU-1. These two fragments are separated by about 2kb. LU-2, like many other flax DNA probes, hybridises to two genomic fragments in most restriction digests, providing molecular evidence for the tetraploid nature of flax. In Xbal digests, LU-2 detects two polymorphic markers, LU-2-1 and LU-2-2 that distinguish the resistant and susceptible parents of a test-cross family of 52 progeny among which the L6 and M resistance genes segregate.
- the probe LU-1 and several adjacent restriction fragments from a lambda clone were used as hybridisation probes to isolate a cDNA from a library generated using leaf mRNA.
- a cDNA clone and several other probes from the L6 gene have been used as probes for genomic Southern analysis. These probes generally detect multiple fragments in Southern blots which indicates that flax contains a family of genes of similar sequence. All RFLPs detected with this probe map to either the L6 or M resistance gene regions.
- amino acid sequence of the L6 cDNA was determined and is shown in Figure 1.
- the amino acid sequence is shown in single letter code, single letter abbreviations for amino acids are defined below:
- the L6 allele comprises a leucine rich repeat at amino acid residues 969 to 1115 and 1116 to 1265. This repeat was compared for identity and the comparison is shown in Figure 4. Details of the comparisons are shown below:
- Gap weight 3.000
- the L2 and L10 alleles were cloned on EcoRl DNA fragments. These alleles have different resistance specificities and control resistance to flax rust strains that carry the AL2 and AL10 avirulence genes, respectively.
- the L2 and L10 clones were subject to restriction endonuclease analysis and a schematic represented is shown in Figure 5.
- the L2 EcoRI fragment is about 400bp longer than the corresponding L10 fragment.
- DNA sequence analysis of both ends of the L2 and L10 fragments revealed practically identical sequence (>90%) and indicates that L2 differs from L10 by about 400bp of extra DNA.
- sequence analysis and restriction fragment mapping from internal restriction sites confirmed the extra DNA and indicated that the 5' halves of L2, L6 and L10 are very similar (>90% identical) and that the differences between the alleles occurs in the 3' half of the gene.
- the difference in gene length occurs in a region coding for the leucine rich repeat structure of 156 amino acids that has two copies in L6 ( Figure 4) and only one copy in a cDNA from a related but non-allelic gene called FC4.
- GGA GAC TTA AAA GGA TGG CAC ATC
- GGA AAG AAT GAC AAG TATGTAATCC 799 Gly Asp Leu Lys Gly Trp His He Gly Lys Asn Asp Lys 200 205
- AGC AAG GAA AAT CTC ATT TTA GAA ACC GAT GAG TTG GTT GGA ATT GAT 1192 Ser Lys Glu Asn Leu He Leu Glu Thr Asp Glu Leu Val Gly He Asp 20 25 30
- AGT AGA ATA TGG TCG GCA GAA GAA GGG ATT GAT CTC TTG CTG AAC AAA 2200 Ser Arg He Trp Ser Ala Glu Glu Gly He Asp Leu Leu Leu Asn Lys 355 360 365
- MOLECULE TYPE protein
- ATCTCATCCT TCACTCCATT TTAGCAATTG TTAAAATTTT GGAATCGATA AATCTCGATC 120
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