U.S. patent application number 09/766348 was filed with the patent office on 2002-08-22 for hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed treatment.
Invention is credited to Beer, Steven V., Qiu, Dewen, Wei, Zhong-Min.
Application Number | 20020116733 09/766348 |
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Family ID | 21869247 |
Filed Date | 2002-08-22 |
United States Patent
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20020116733 |
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Qiu, Dewen ; et al. |
August 22, 2002 |
Hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed
treatment
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of imparting pathogen
resistance to plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form
to a plant seed under conditions where the polypeptide or protein
contacts cells of the plant seed. The present invention is also
directed to a pathogen resistance imparting plant seed.
Alternatively, transgenic plant seeds containing a DNA molecule
encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
can be planted in soil and a plant can be propagated from the
planted seed under conditions effective to impart pathogen
resistance to the plant.
Inventors: |
Qiu, Dewen; (Seattle,
WA) ; Wei, Zhong-Min; (Kirkland, WA) ; Beer,
Steven V.; (Ithaca, NY) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Michael L. Goldman
NIXON PEABODY LLP
Clinton Square
P.O. Box 31051
Rochester
NY
14603
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Family ID: |
21869247 |
Appl. No.: |
09/766348 |
Filed: |
January 19, 2001 |
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Current U.S.
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800/278 |
Current CPC
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C12N 15/8279 20130101;
A01H 3/02 20130101; C07K 14/27 20130101; A01N 63/50 20200101; A01N
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Goverment Interests
[0002] This invention was made with support from the U.S.
Government under USDA NRI Competitive Research Grant No.
91-37303-6430.
Claims
What is claimed:
1. A method of producing plant seeds which impart pathogen
resistance to plants grown from the seeds, said method comprising:
applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
in a non-infectious form to a plant seed under conditions effective
to impart pathogen resistance to a plant grown from the seeds.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein is in isolated form.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from a pathogen selected from the group consisting of
Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Phytophthora, and mixtures
thereof.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi.
5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia amylovora.
6. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Pseudomonas syringae.
7. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Pseudomonas solanacearum.
8. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Xanthomonas campestris.
9. A method according to claim 3, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to a
Phytophthora species.
10. A method according to claim 2, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of dicots and monocots.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of rice, wheat, barley, rye, oats,
cotton, sunflower, canola, peanut, corn, potato, sweet potato,
bean, pea, chicory, lettuce, endive, cabbage, cauliflower,
broccoli, turnip, radish, spinach, onion, garlic, eggplant, pepper,
celery, carrot, squash, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, apple, pear,
melon, strawberry, grape, raspberry, pineapple, soybean, tobacco,
tomato, sorghum, and sugarcane.
12. A method according to claim 10, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of rose, Saintpaulia, petunia,
Pelargonium, poinsettia, chrysanthemum, carnation, and zinnia.
13. A method according to claim 2, wherein the pathogen to which
the plant is resistant is selected from the group consisting of
viruses, bacteria, fungi, and combinations thereof.
14. A method according to claim 2, wherein said applying is carried
out by spraying, injection, coating, dusting or immersion.
15. A method according to claim 2, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein is applied to plant seeds
as a composition further comprising a carrier.
16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the carrier is selected
from the group consisting of water, aqueous solutions, slurries,
and powders.
17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the composition
contains greater than 0.5 nM of the hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein.
18. A method according to claim 15, wherein the composition further
contain additives selected from the group consisting of fertilizer,
insecticide, nematicide, fungicide, herbicide, and mixtures
thereof.
19. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein is applied as bacteria
which do not cause disease and are transformed with a gene encoding
the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
20. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein is applied as bacteria
which cause disease in some plant species, but not in those whose
seeds are subjected to said applying, and contain a gene encoding
the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
21. A method according to claim 2, wherein said applying causes
infiltration of the polypeptide or protein into the plant seed.
22. A method according to claim 2 further comprising: planting in
soil the seeds to which the hypersensitive response elicitor
protein or polypeptide has been applied and propagating plants from
the planted seeds.
23. A method according to claim 22 further comprising: applying the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein to the
propagated plants to enhance the plant's pathogen resistance.
24. A method according to claim 2, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor protein or polypeptide is a fungal hypersensitive
response elicitor.
25. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed to which a
non-infectious hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein has been applied.
26. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
25, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein is in isolated form.
27. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
26, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from a pathogen selected from
the group consisting of Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas,
Phytophthora, and mixtures thereof.
28. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi.
29. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from Erwinia amylovora.
30. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from Pseudomonas syringae.
31. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from Pseudomonas
solanacearum.
32. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein he hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein corresponds to that derived from Xanthomonas
campestris.
33. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the hypersensitive response polypeptide or protein
corresponds to that derived from a Phytophthora species.
34. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
26, wherein the plant seed is for plants, selected from the group
consisting of dicots and monocots.
35. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
34, wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of
rice, wheat, barley, rye, oats, cotton, sunflower, canola, peanut,
potato, sweet potato, bean, pea, chicory, lettuce, endive, cabbage,
cauliflower, broccoli, turnip, radish, spinach, onion, garlic,
eggplant, pepper, celery, carrot, squash, pumpkin, zucchini,
cucumber, apple, pear, melon, strawberry, grape, raspberry,
pineapple, soybean, tobacco, tomato, sorghum, and sugarcane.
36. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
34, wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of
rose, Saintpaulia, petunia, Pelangonium, poinsettia santhemum,
carnation, and zinnia.
37. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
27, wherein the pathogen to which the plant is resistant is
selected from the group consisting of a virus, bacterium, fungus,
nematode, and combinations thereof.
38. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
25, wherein the plant seed cells are in contact with bacteria which
do not cause disease and are transformed with a gene encoding the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
39. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
25, wherein the plant seed cells are in contact with bacteria which
do not cause disease in the plant, but do cause disease in other
plant species, and contain a gene encoding the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
40. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
26, wherein the plant seed is infiltrated with the polypeptide or
protein.
41. A method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants comprising:
providing a transgenic plant seed transformed with a DNA molecule
encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein;
planting the transgenic plant seed in soil; and propagating a plant
from the planted seed under conditions effective to impart pathogen
resistance to the plant.
42. A method according to claim 39, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from a pathogen selected from the group consisting of
Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Phytophthora, and mixtures
thereof.
43. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi.
44. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia amylovora. the plant, but do cause disease in
other plant species, and contain a gene encoding the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
40. A pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed according to claim
26, wherein the plant seed is infiltrated with the polypeptide or
protein.
41. A method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants comprising:
providing a transgenic plant seed transformed with a DNA molecule
encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein;
planting the transgenic plant seed in soil; and propagating a plant
from the planted seed under conditions effective to impart pathogen
resistance to the plant.
42. A method according to claim 39, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from a pathogen selected from the group consisting of
Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Phytophthora, and mixtures
thereof.
43. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi.
44. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Erwinia amylovora.
45. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Pseudomonas syringae.
46. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Pseudomonas solanacearum.
47. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from Xanthomonas campestris.
48. A method according to claim 42, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein corresponds to that
derived from a Phytophthora species.
49. A method according to claim 41, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of dicots and monocots.
50. A method according to claim 49, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of rice, wheat, barley, rye, oats,
cotton, sunflower, canola, peanut, corn, potato, sweet potato,
bean, pea, chicory, lettuce, endive, cabbage, cauliflower,
broccoli, turnip, radish, spinach, onion, garlic, eggplant, pepper,
celery, carrot, squash, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, apple, pear,
melon, strawberry, grape, raspberry, pineapple, soybean, tobacco,
tomato, sorghum, and sugarcane.
51. A method according to claim 49, wherein the plant is selected
from the group consisting of rose, Saintpaulia, petunia,
Pelargonium, poinsettia, chrysanthemum, carnation, and zinnia.
52. A method according to claim 41, wherein the pathogen to which
the plant is resistant is selected from the group consisting of
viruses, bacteria, fungi, and combinations thereof.
53. A method according to claim 41 further comprising: applying the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein to the
propagated plants to enhance the plant's pathogen resistance.
54. A method according to claim 41, wherein the hypersensitive
response elicitor protein or polypeptide is a fungal hypersensitive
response elicitor.
55. A plant produced by the method of claim 22.
56. A plant seed from the plant produced by the method of claim
22.
57. A plant propagule from the plant produced by the method of
claim 22.
58. A plant produced by the method of claim 41.
59. A plant seed from the plant produced by the method of claim
41.
60. A plant propagule from the plant produced by the method of
claim 41.
Description
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
Patent Application Ser. No. 60/033,230, filed Dec. 5, 1996.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention relates to imparting hypersensitive
response induced resistance to plants by treatment of seeds.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] Living organisms have evolved a complex array of biochemical
pathways that enable them to recognize and respond to signals from
the environment. These pathways include receptor organs, hormones,
second messengers, and enzymatic modifications. At present, little
is known about the signal transduction pathways that are activated
during a plant's response to attack by a pathogen, although this
knowledge is central to an understanding of disease susceptibility
and resistance. A common form of plant resistance is the
restriction of pathogen proliferation to a small zone surrounding
the site of infection. In many cases, this restriction is
accompanied by localized death (i.e., necrosis) of host tissues.
Together, pathogen restriction and local tissue necrosis
characterize the hypersensitive response. In addition to local
defense responses, many plants respond to infection by activating
defenses in uninfected parts of the plant. As a result, the entire
plant is more resistant to a secondary infection. This systemic
acquired resistance can persist for several weeks or more (R. E. F.
Matthews, Plant Virology (Academic Press, New York, ed. 2, 1981))
and often confers cross-resistance to unrelated pathogens (J. Kuc,
in Innovative Approaches to Plant Disease Control, I. Chet, Ed.
(Wiley, N.Y., 1987), pp. 255-274, which is hereby incorporated by
reference). See also Kessman, et al., "Induction of Systemic
Acquired Disease Resistance in Plants By Chemicals," Ann. Rev.
Phytopathol. 32:439-59 (1994), Ryals, et al., "Systemic Acquired
Resistance," The Plant Cell 8:1809-19 (October 1996), and
Neuenschwander, et al., "Systemic Acquired Resistance,"
Plant-Microbe Interactions vol. 1, G. Stacey, et al. ed. pp. 81-106
(1996), which are hereby incorporated by reference.
[0005] Expression of systemic acquired resistance is associated
with the failure of normally virulent pathogens to ingress the
immunized tissue (Kuc, J., "Induced Immunity to Plant Disease,"
Bioscience, 32:854-856 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by
reference). Establishment of systemic acquired resistance is
correlated with systemic increases in cell wall hydroxyproline
levels and peroxidase activity (Smith, J. A., et al., "Comparative
Study of Acidic Peroxidases Associated with Induced Resistance in
Cucumber, Muskmelon and Watermelon," Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol.
14:329-338 (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and
with the expression of a set of nine families of so-called systemic
acquired resistance gene (Ward, E. R., et al., "Coordinate Gene
Activity in Response to Agents that Induce Systemic Acquired
Resistance," Plant Cell 3:49-59 (1991), which is hereby
incorporated by reference). Five of these defense gene families
encode pathogenesis-related proteins whose physiological functions
have not been established. However, some of these proteins have
antifungal activity in vitro (Bol, J. F., et al., "Plant
Pathogenesis-Related Proteins Induced by Virus Infection," Ann.
Rev. Phytopathol. 28:113-38 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by
reference) and the constitutive expression of a bean chitinase gene
in transgenic tobacco protects against infection by the fungus
Rhizoctonia solani (Broglie, K., et al., "Transgenic Plants with
Enhanced Resistance to the Fungal Pathogen Rhizoctonia Solani,"
Science 254:1194-1197 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by
reference), suggesting that these systemic acquired resistance
proteins may contribute to the immunized state (Uknes, S., et al.,
"Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis," Plant Cell 4:645-656 (1992),
which is hereby incorporated by reference)
[0006] Salicylic acid appears to play a signal function in the
induction of systemic acquired resistance since endogenous levels
increase after immunization (Malamy, J., et al., "Salicylic Acid: A
Likely Endogenous Signal in the Resistance Response of Tobacco to
Viral Infection," Science 250:1002-1004 (1990), which is hereby
incorporated by reference) and exogenous salicylate induces
systemic acquired resistance genes (Yalpani, N., et al., "Salicylic
Acid is a Systemic Signal and an Inducer of Pathogenesis-Related
Proteins in Virus-Infected Tobacco," Plant Cell 3:809-818 (1991),
which is hereby incorporated by reference), and acquired resistance
(Uknes, S., et al., "Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis," Plant
Cell 4:645-656 (1992), which is hereby incorporated by reference).
Moreover, transgenic tobacco plants in which salicylate is
destroyed by the action of a bacterial transgene encoding
salicylate hydroxylase do not exhibit systemic acquired resistance
(Gaffney, T., et al., "Requirement of Salicylic Acid for the
Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance," Science 261:754-56
(1993), which is hereby incorporated by reference). However, this
effect may reflect inhibition of a local rather than a systemic
signal function, and detailed kinetic analysis of signal
transmission in cucumber suggests that salicylate may not be
essential for long-distance signaling (Rasmussen, J. B., et al.,
"Systemic Induction of Salicylic Acid Accumulation in Cucumber
after Inoculation with Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Syringae," Plant
Physiol. 97:1342-1347) (1991), which is hereby incorporated by
reference).
[0007] Immunization using biotic agents has been extensively
studied. Green beans were systemically immunized against disease
caused by cultivar-pathogenic races of Colletotrichum
lindemuthianum by prior infection with either
cultivar-nonpathogenic races (Rahe, J. E., "Induced Resistance in
Phaseolus Vulgaris to Bean Anthracnose," Phytopatholoqy 59:1641-5
(1969); Elliston, J., et al., "Induced Resistance to Anthracnose at
a Distance from the Site of the Inducing Interaction,"
Phytopathology 61:1110-12 (1971); Skipp, R., et al., "Studies on
Cross Protection in the Anthracnose Disease of Bean," Physiological
Plant Pathology 3:299-313 (1973), which are hereby incorporated by
reference), cultivar-pathogenic races attenuated by heat in host
tissue prior to symptom appearance (Rahe, J. E., et al., "Metabolic
Nature of the Infection-Limiting Effect of Heat on Bean
Anthracnose," Phytopathology 60:1005-9 (1970), which is hereby
incorporated by reference) or nonpathogens of bean. The anthracnose
pathogen of cucumber, Colletotrichum lagenarium, was equally
effective as non-pathogenic races as an inducer of systemic
protection against all races of bean anthracnose. Protection was
induced by C. lagenarium in cultivars resistant to one or more
races of C. lindemuthianum as well as in cultivars susceptible to
all reported races of the fungus and which accordingly had been
referred to as `lacking genetic resistance` to the pathogen
(Elliston, J., et al., "Protection of Bean Against Anthracnose by
Colletotrichum Species Nonpathogenic on Bean," Phytopathologische
Zeitschrift 86:117-26 (1976); Elliston, J., et al., "A Comparative
Study on the Development of Compatible, Incompatible and Induced
Incompatible Interactions Between Collectotrichum Species and
Phaseolus Vulgaris," Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 87:289-303
(1976), which are hereby incorporated by reference). These results
suggest that the same mechanisms may be induced in cultivars
reported as `possessing` or `lacking` resistance genes (Elliston,
J., et al., "Relation of Phytoalexin Accumulation to Local and
Systemic Protection of Bean Against Anthracnose,"
Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 88:114-30 (1977), which is hereby
incorporated by reference). It also is apparent that cultivars
susceptible to all races of C. lindemuthianum do not lack genes for
induction of resistance mechanisms against the pathogen.
[0008] Kuc, J., et al., "Protection of Cucumber Against
Collectotrichum Lagenarium by Colletotrichum Lagenarium,"
Physiological Plant Pathology 7:195-9 (1975), which is hereby
incorporated by reference), showed that cucumber plants could be
systemically protected against disease caused by Colletotrichum
lagenarium by prior inoculation of the cotyledons or the first true
leaf with the same fungus. Subsequently, cucumbers have been
systemically protected against fungal, bacterial, and viral
diseases by prior localized infection with either fungi, bacteria,
or viruses (Hammerschmidt, R., et al., "Protection of Cucumbers
Against Colletotrichum Lagenarium and Cladosporium Cucumerinum,"
Phytopathology 66:790-3 (1976); Jenns, A. E., et al., "Localized
Infection with Tobacco Necrosis Virus Protects Cucumber Against
Colletotrichum Lagenarium," Physiological Plant Pathology 11:207-12
(1977); Caruso, F. L., et al. "Induced Resistance of Cucumber to
Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot by Pseudomonas Lachrymans and
Colletotrichum Lagenarium," Physiological Plant Pathology
14:191-201 (1979); Staub, T., et al., "Systemic Protection of
Cucumber Plants Against Disease Caused by Cladosporium Cucumerinum
and Colletotrichum Lagenarium by Prior Localized Infection with
Either Fungus," Physiological Plant Pathology, 17:389-93 (1980);
Bergstrom, G. C., et al., "Effects of Local Infection of Cucumber
by Colletotrichum Lagenarium, Pseudomonas Lachrymans or Tobacco
Necrosis Virus on Systemic Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus,"
Phytopathology 72:922-6 (1982); Gessler, C., et al., "Induction of
Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Cucumber by Root and Foliar
Pathogens," Phytopathology 72:1439-41 (1982); Basham, B., et al.,
"Tobacco Necrosis Virus Induces Systemic Resistance in Cucumbers
Against Sphaerotheca Fuliginea," Physiological Plant Pathology
23:137-44 (1983), which are hereby incorporated by reference).
Non-specific protection induced by infection with C. lagenarium or
tobacco necrosis virus was effective against at least 13 pathogens,
including obligatory and facultative parasitic fungi, local lesion
and systemic viruses, wilt fungi, and bacteria. Similarly,
protection was induced by and was also effective against root
pathogens. Other curcurbits, including watermelon and muskmelon
have been systemically protected against C. lagenarium (Caruso, F.
L., et al., "Protection of Watermelon and Muskmelon Against
Colletotrichum Lagenarium by Colletotrichum Lagenarium,"
Phytopathology 67:1285-9 (1977), which is hereby incorporated by
reference).
[0009] Systemic protection in tobacco has also been induced against
a wide variety of diseases (Kuc, J., et al., "Immunization for
Disease Resistance in Tobacco," Recent Advances in Tobacco Science
9:179-213 (1983), which is hereby incorporated by reference).
Necrotic lesions caused by tobacco mosaic virus enhanced resistance
in the upper leaves to disease caused by the virus (Ross, A. F., et
al., "Systemic Acquired Resistance Induced by Localized Virus
Infections in Plants," Virology 14:340-58 (1961); Ross, A. F., et
al., "Systemic Effects of Local Lesion Formation," In: Viruses of
Plants pp. 127-50 (1966), which are hereby incorporated by
reference). Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae, P. tabacina
and Pseudomonas tabaci and reduced reproduction of the aphid Myzus
persicae (McIntyre, J. L.,. et al., "Induction of Localized and
Systemic Protection Against Phytophthora Parasitica var. nicotianae
by Tobacco Mosaic Virus Infection of Tobacco Hypersensitive to the
Virus," Physiological Plant Pathology 15:321-30 (1979); McIntyre,
J. L., et al., "Effects of Localized Infections of Nicotiana
Tabacum by Tobacco Mosaic Virus on Systemic Resistance Against
Diverse Pathogens and an Insect," Phytopathology 71:297-301 (1981),
which are hereby incorporated by reference). Infiltration of
heat-killed Pseudomonas tabacin (Lovrekovich, L., et al., "Induced
Reaction Against Wildfire Disease in Tobacco Leaves Treated with
Heat-Killed Bacteria," Nature 205:823-4 (1965), which is hereby
incorporated by reference), and Pseudomonas solanacearum (Sequeira,
L, et al., "Interaction of Bacteria and Host Cell Walls: Its
Relation to Mechanisms of Induced Resistance," Physiological Plant
Pathology 10:43-50 (1977), which is hereby incorporated by
reference), into tobacco leaves induced resistance against the same
bacteria used for infiltration. Tobacco plants were also protected
by the nematode Pratylenchus penetrans against P. parasitica var.
nicotiana (McIntyre, J. L., et al. "Protection of Tobacco Against
Phytophthora Parasitica Var. Nicotianae by Cultivar-Nonpathogenic
Races, Cell-Free Sonicates and Pratylenchus Penetrans,"
Phytopathology 68:235-9 (1978), which is hereby incorporated by
reference).
[0010] Cruikshank, I. A. M., et al., "The Effect of Stem
Infestation of Tobacco with Peronospora Tabacina Adam on Foliage
Reaction to Blue Mould," Journal of the Australian Institute of
Agricultural Science 26:369-72 (1960), which is hereby incorporated
by reference, were the first to report immunization of tobacco
foliage against blue mould (i.e., P. tabacina) by stem injection
with the fungus, which also resulted in dwarfing and premature
senescence. It was recently discovered that injection external to
the xylem not only alleviated stunting but also promoted growth and
development. Immunized tobacco plants, in both glasshouse and field
experiments, were approximately 40% taller, had a 40% increase in
dry weight, a 30% increase in fresh weight, and 4-6 more leaves
than control plants (Tuzun, S., et al., "The Effect of Stem
Injections with Peronospora Tabacina and Metalaxyl Treatment on
Growth of Tobacco and Protection Against Blue Mould in the Field,"
Phytopathology 74:804 (1984), which is hereby incorporated by
reference). These plants flowered approximately 2-3 weeks earlier
than control plants (Tuzun, S., et al., "Movement of a Factor in
Tobacco Infected with Peronospora Tabacina Adam which Systemically
Protects Against Blue Mould," Physiological Plant Pathology
26:321-30 (1985), which is hereby incorporated by reference).
[0011] Systemic protection does not confer absolute immunity
against infection, but reduces the severity of the disease and
delays symptom development. Lesion number, lesion size, and extent
of sporulation of fungal pathogens are all decreased. The diseased
area may be reduced by more than 90%.
[0012] When cucumbers were given a `booster` inoculation 3-6 weeks
after the initial inoculation, immunization induced by C.
lagenarium lasted through flowering and fruiting (Kuc, J., et al.,
"Aspects of the Protection of Cucumber Against Colletotrichum
Lagenarium by Colletotrichum Lagenarium," Phytopathology 67:533-6
(1977), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Protection
could not be induced once plants had set fruit. Tobacco plants were
immunized for the growing season by stem injection with sporangia
of P. tabacina. However, to prevent systemic blue mould
development, this technique was only effective when the plants were
above 20 cm in height.
[0013] Removal of the inducer leaf from immunized cucumber plants
did not reduce the level of immunization of pre-existing expanded
leaves. However, leaves which subsequently emerged from the apical
bud were progressively less protected than their predecessors
(Dean, R. A., et al., "Induced Systemic Protection in Cucumber:
Time of Production and Movement of the `Signal`," Phytopathology
76:966-70 (1986), which is hereby incorporated by reference).
Similar results were reported by Ross, A. F., "Systemic Effects of
Local Lesion Formation," In: Viruses of Plants pp. 127-50 (1966),
which is hereby incorporated by reference, with tobacco (local
lesion host) immunized against tobacco mosaic virus by prior
infection with tobacco mosaic virus. In contrast, new leaves which
emerged from scions excised from tobacco plants immunized by
stem-injection with P. tabacina were highly protected (Tuzun, S.,
et al., "Transfer of Induced Resistance in Tobacco to Blue Mould
(Peronospora tabacina Adam.) Via Callus," Phytopathology 75:1304
(1985), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Plants
regenerated via tissue culture from leaves of immunized plants
showed a significant reduction in blue mould compared to plants
regenerated from leaves of non-immunized parents. Young regenerants
only showed reduced sporulation. As plants aged, both lesion
development and sporulation were reduced. Other investigators,
however, did not reach the same conclusion, although a significant
reduction in sporulation in one experiment was reported (Lucas, J.
A., et al., "Nontransmissibility to Regenerants from Protected
Tobacco Explants of Induced Resistance to Peronospora Hyoscyami,"
Phytopathology 75:1222-5 (1985), which is hereby incorporated by
reference).
[0014] Protection of cucumber and watermelon is effective in the
glasshouse and in the field (Caruso, F. L., et al., "Field
Protection of Cucumber Against Colletotrichum Lagenarium by C.
Lagenarium," Phytopathology 67:1290-2 (1977), which is hereby
incorporated by reference). In one trial, the total lesion area of
C. lagenarium on protected cucumber was less than 2% of the lesion
areas on unprotected control plants. Similarly, only 1 of 66
protected, challenged plants died, whereas 47 of 69 unprotected,
challenged watermelons died. In extensive field trials in Kentucky
and Puerto Rico, stem injection of tobacco with sporangia of P.
tabacina was at least as effective in controlling blue mould as the
best fungicide, metalaxyl. Plants were protected, leading to a
yield increase of 10-25% in cured tobacco.
[0015] Induced resistance against bacteria and viruses appears to
be expressed as suppression of disease symptoms or pathogen
multiplication or both (Caruso, F. L., et al., "Induced Resistance
of Cucumber to Anthracnose and Angular Leaf Spot by Pseudomonas
Lachrymans and Colletotrichum Lagenarium," Physiological Plant
Pathology 14:191-201 (1979); Doss, M., et al., "Systemic Acquired
Resistance of Cucumber to Pseudomonas Lachrymans as Expressed in
Suppression of Symptoms, but not in Multiplication of Bacteria,"
Acta Phytopathologia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 16: (3-4),
269-72 (1981); Jenns, A. E., et al., "Non-Specific Resistance to
Pathogens Induced Systemically by Local Infection of Cucumber with
Tobacco Necrosis Virus, Colletotrichum Lagenarium or Pseudomonas
Lachrymans," Phytopathologia Mediterranea 18:129-34 (1979), which
are hereby incorporated by reference).
[0016] As described above, research concerning systemic acquired
resistance involves infecting plants with infectious pathogens.
Although studies in this area are useful in understanding how
systemic acquired resistance works, eliciting such resistance with
infectious agents is not commercially useful, because such
plant-pathogen contact can weaken or kill plants. The present
invention is directed to overcoming this deficiency.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0017] The present invention relates to a method of producing plant
seeds which impart pathogen resistance to plants grown from the
seeds. This method involves applying a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to plant
seeds under conditions where the polypeptide or protein contacts
cells of the plant seeds.
[0018] As an alternative to applying a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein to plant seeds in order to impart
pathogen resistance to plants grown from the seeds, transgenic
seeds can be utilized. This involves providing a transgenic plant
seed transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein and planting that seed in
soil. A plant is then propagated from the planted seed under
conditions effective to impart pathogen resistance to the
plant.
[0019] Another aspect of the present invention relates to a
pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed to which a non-infectious
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein has been
applied.
[0020] The present invention has the potential to: treat plant
diseases which were previously untreatable; treat diseases
systemically that one would not want to treat separately due to
cost; and avoid the use of agents that have an unpredictable effect
on the environment and even the plants. The present invention can
impart resistance without using agents which are harmful to the
environment or pathogenic to the plant seeds being treated or to
plants situated near the location that treated seeds are planted.
Since the present invention involves use of a natural product that
is fully and rapidly biodegradable, the environment would not be
contaminated.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0021] The present invention relates to a method of producing plant
seeds which impart pathogen resistance to plants grown from the
seeds. This method involves applying a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant
seed under conditions effective to impart disease resistance to a
plant grown from the seed.
[0022] As an alternative to applying a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein to plant seeds in order to impart
pathogen resistance to plants grown from the seeds, transgenic
seeds can be utilized. This involves providing a transgenic plant
seed transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein and planting that seed in
soil. A plant is then propagated from the planted seed under
conditions effective to impart pathogen resistance to the
plant.
[0023] Another aspect of the present invention relates to a
pathogen-resistance imparting plant seed to which a non-infectious
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein has been
applied.
[0024] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
utilized in the present invention can correspond to hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptides or proteins derived from a wide
variety of fungal and bacterial pathogens. Such polypeptides or
proteins are able to elicit local necrosis in plant tissue
contacted by the elicitor.
[0025] Examples of suitable bacterial sources of polypeptide or
protein elicitors include Erwinia, Pseudomonas, and Xanthamonas
species (e.g., the following bacteria: Erwinia amylovora, Erwinia
chrysanthemi, Erwinia stewartii, Erwinia carotovora, Pseudomonas
syringae, Pseudomonas solancearum, Xanthomonas campestris, or
mixtures thereof).
[0026] An example of a fungal source of a hypersensitive response
elicitor protein or polypeptide is Phytophthora. Suitable species
of such fungal pathogens include Phytophthora parasitica,
Phytophthora cryptogea, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Phytophthora
capsici, Phytophthora megasperma, and Phytophthora
citrophthora.
[0027] The embodiment of the present invention where the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein is applied
to the plant seed can be carried out in a number of ways,
including: 1) application of an isolated elicitor polypeptide or
protein; 2) application of bacteria which do not cause disease and
are transformed with genes encoding a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein; and 3) application of bacteria
which cause disease in some plant species (but not in those to
which they are applied) and naturally contain a gene encoding the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein. In
addition, seeds in accordance with the present invention can be
recovered from plants which have been treated with a hypersensitive
response elicitor protein or polypeptide in accordance with the
present invention.
[0028] In one embodiment of the present invention, the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptides or proteins to be
applied can be isolated from their corresponding organisms and
applied to plants. Such isolation procedures are well known, as
described in Arlat, M., F. Van Gijsegem, J. C. Huet, J. C.
Pemollet, and C. A. Boucher, "PopA1, a Protein which Induces a
Hypersensitive-like Response in Specific Petunia Genotypes is
Secreted via the Hrp Pathway of Pseudomonas solanacearum," EMBO J.
13:543-553 (1994); He, S. Y., H. C. Huang, and A. Collmer,
"Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Harpin.sub.Pss: a Protein that
is Secreted via the Hrp Pathway and Elicits the Hypersensitive
Response in Plants," Cell 73:1255-1266 (1993); and Wei, Z. -M., R.
J. Laby, C. H. Zumoff, D. W. Bauer, S. -Y. He, A. Collmer, and S.
V. Beer, "Harpin Elicitor of the Hypersensitive Response Produced
by the Plant Pathogen Erwinia amylovora, Science 257:85-88 (1992),
which are hereby incorporated by reference. See also pending U.S.
patent application Ser. Nos. 08/200,024 and 08/062,024, which are
hereby incorporated by reference. Preferably, however, the isolated
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptides or proteins of the
present invention are produced recombinantly and purified as
described below.
[0029] In other embodiments of the present invention, the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein of the
present invention can be applied to plant seeds by applying
bacteria containing genes encoding the hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein. Such bacteria must be capable of
secreting or exporting the polypeptide or protein so that the
elicitor can contact plant seed cells. In these embodiments, the
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein is produced
by the bacteria after application to the seeds or just prior to
introduction of the bacteria to the seeds.
[0030] In one embodiment of the bacterial application mode of the
present invention, the bacteria to be applied do not cause the
disease and have been transformed (e.g., recombinantly) with genes
encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
For example, E. coli, which do not elicit a hypersensitive response
in plants, can be transformed with genes encoding a hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide and other related proteins required
for production and secretion of the elicitor which is then applied
to plant seeds. Expression of this polypeptide or protein can then
be caused to occur. Bacterial species (other than E. coli) can also
be used in this embodiment of the present invention.
[0031] In another embodiment of the bacterial application mode of
the present invention, the bacteria do cause disease and naturally
contain a gene encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor
polypeptide or protein. Examples of such bacteria are noted above.
However, in this embodiment these bacteria are applied to plant
seeds for plants which are not susceptible to the disease carried
by the bacteria. For example, Erwinia amylovora causes disease in
apple or pear but not in tomato. However, such bacteria will elicit
a hypersensitive response in tomato. Accordingly, in accordance
with this embodiment of the present invention, Erwinia amylovora
can be applied to tomato seeds to impart pathogen resistance
without causing disease in plants of that species.
[0032] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
from Erwinia chrysanthemi has an amino acid sequence corresponding
to SEQ. ID. No. 1 as follows:
1 Met Gln Ile Thr Ile Lys Ala His Ile Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly Val Ser 1
5 10 15 Gly Leu Gly Ala Gln Gly Leu Lys Gly Leu Asn Ser Ala Ala Ser
Ser 20 25 30 Leu Gly Ser Ser Val Asp Lys Leu Ser Ser Thr Ile Asp
Lys Leu Thr 35 40 45 Ser Ala Leu Thr Ser Met Met Phe Gly Gly Ala
Leu Ala Gln Gly Leu 50 55 60 Gly Ala Ser Ser Lys Gly Leu Gly Met
Ser Asn Gln Leu Gly Gln Ser 65 70 75 80 Phe Gly Asn Gly Ala Gln Gly
Ala Ser Asn Leu Leu Ser Val Pro Lys 85 90 95 Ser Gly Gly Asp Ala
Leu Ser Lys Met Phe Asp Lys Ala Leu Asp Asp 100 105 110 Leu Leu Gly
His Asp Thr Val Thr Lys Leu Thr Asn Gln Ser Asn Gln 115 120 125 Leu
Ala Asn Ser Met Leu Asn Ala Ser Gln Met Thr Gln Gly Asn Met 130 135
140 Asn Ala Phe Gly Ser Gly Val Asn Asn Ala Leu Ser Ser Ile Leu Gly
145 150 155 160 Asn Gly Leu Gly Gln Ser Met Ser Gly Phe Ser Gln Pro
Ser Leu Gly 165 170 175 Ala Gly Gly Leu Gln Gly Leu Ser Gly Ala Gly
Ala Phe Asn Gln Leu 180 185 190 Gly Asn Ala Ile Gly Met Gly Val Gly
Gln Asn Ala Ala Leu Ser Ala 195 200 205 Leu Ser Asn Val Ser Thr His
Val Asp Gly Asn Asn Arg His Phe Val 210 215 220 Asp Lys Glu Asp Arg
Gly Met Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly Gln Phe Met Asp 225 230 235 240 Gln Tyr
Pro Glu Ile Phe Gly Lys Pro Glu Tyr Gln Lys Asp Gly Trp 245 250 255
Ser Ser Pro Lys Thr Asp Asp Lys Ser Trp Ala Lys Ala Leu Ser Lys 260
265 270 Pro Asp Asp Asp Gly Met Thr Gly Ala Ser Met Asp Lys Phe Arg
Gln 275 280 285 Ala Met Gly Met Ile Lys Ser Ala Val Ala Gly Asp Thr
Gly Asn Thr 290 295 300 Asn Leu Asn Leu Arg Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Ser
Leu Gly Ile Asp Ala 305 310 315 320 Ala Val Val Gly Asp Lys Ile Ala
Asn Met Ser Leu Gly Lys Leu Ala 325 330 335 Asn Ala
[0033] This hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
has a molecular weight of 34 kDa, is heat stable, has a glycine
content of greater than 16%, and contains substantially no
cysteine. The Erwinia chrysanthemi hypersensitive response elicitor
polypeptide or protein is encoded by a DNA molecule having a
nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 2 as follows:
2 CGATTTTACC CGGGTGAACG TGCTATGACC GACAGCATCA CGGTATTCGA CACCGTTACG
60 GCGTTTATGG CCGCGATGAA CCGGCATCAG GCGGCGCGCT GGTCGCCGCA
ATCCGGCGTC 120 GATCTGGTAT TTCAGTTTGG GGACACCGGG CGTGAACTCA
TGATGCAGAT TCAGCCGGGG 180 CAGCAATATC CCGGCATGTT GCGCACGCTG
CTCGCTCGTC GTTATCAGCA GGCGGCAGAG 240 TGCGATGGCT GCCATCTGTG
CCTGAACGGC AGCGATGTAT TGATCCTCTG GTGGCCGCTG 300 CCGTCGGATC
CCGGCAGTTA TCCGCAGGTG ATCGAACGTT TGTTTGAACT GGCGGGAATG 360
ACGTTGCCGT CGCTATCCAT AGCACCGACG GCGCGTCCGC AGACAGGGAA CGGACGCGCC
420 CGATCATTAA GATAAAGGCG GCTTTTTTTA TTGCAAAACG GTAACGGTGA
GGAACCGTTT 480 CACCGTCGGC GTCACTCAGT AACAAGTATC CATCATGATG
CCTACATCGG GATCGGCGTG 540 GGCATCCGTT GCAGATACTT TTGCGAACAC
CTGACATGAA TGAGGAAACG AAATTATGCA 600 AATTACGATC AAAGCGCACA
TCGGCGGTGA TTTGGGCGTC TCCGGTCTGG GGCTGGGTGC 660 TCAGGGACTG
AAAGGACTGA ATTCCGCGGC TTCATCGCTG GGTTCCAGCG TGGATAAACT 720
GAGCAGCACC ATCGATAAGT TGACCTCCGC GCTGACTTCG ATGATGTTTG GCGGCGCGCT
780 GGCGCAGGGG CTGGGCGCCA GCTCGAAGGG GCTGGGGATG AGCAATCAAC
TGGGCCAGTC 840 TTTCGGCAAT GGCGCGCAGG GTGCGAGCAA CCTGCTATCC
GTACCGAAAT CCGGCGGCGA 900 TGCGTTGTCA AAAATGTTTG ATAAAGCGCT
GGACGATCTG CTGGGTCATG ACACCGTGAC 960 CAAGCTGACT AACCAGAGCA
ACCAACTGGC TAATTCAATG CTGAACGCCA GCCAGATGAC 1020 CCAGGGTAAT
ATGAATGCGT TCGGCAGCGG TGTGAACAAC GCACTGTCGT CCATTCTCGG 1080
CAACGGTCTC GGCCAGTCGA TGAGTGGCTT CTCTCAGCCT TCTCTGGGGG CAGGCGGCTT
1140 GCAGGGCCTG AGCGGCGCGG GTGCATTCAA CCAGTTGGGT AATGCCATCG
GCATGGGCGT 1200 GGGGCAGAAT GCTGCGCTGA GTGCGTTGAG TAACGTCAGC
ACCCACGTAG ACGGTAACAA 1260 CCGCCACTTT GTAGATAAAG AAGATCGCGG
CATGGCGAAA GAGATCGGCC AGTTTATGGA 1320 TCAGTATCCG GAAATATTCG
GTAAACCGGA ATACCAGAAA GATGGCTGGA GTTCGCCGAA 1380 GACGGACGAC
AAATCCTGGG CTAAAGCGCT GAGTAAACCG GATGATGACG GTATGACCGG 1440
CGCCAGCATG GACAAATTCC GTCAGGCGAT GGGTATGATC AAAAGCGCGG TGGCGGGTGA
1500 TACCGGCAAT ACCAACCTGA ACCTGCGTGG CGCGGGCGGT GCATCGCTGG
GTATCGATGC 1560 GGCTGTCGTC GGCGATAAAA TAGCCAACAT GTCGCTGGGT
AAGCTGGCCA ACGCCTGATA 1620 ATCTGTGCTG GCCTGATAAA GCGGAAACGA
AAAAAGAGAC GGGGAAGCCT GTCTCTTTTC 1680 TTATTATGCG GTTTATGCGG
TTACCTGGAC CGGTTAATCA TCGTCATCGA TCTGGTACAA 1740 ACGCACATTT
TCCCGTTCAT TCGCGTCGTT ACGCGCCACA ATCGCGATGG CATCTTCCTC 1800
GTCGCTCAGA TTGCGCGGCT GATGGGGAAC GCCGGGTGGA ATATAGAGAA ACTCGCCGGC
1860 CAGATGGAGA CACGTCTGCG ATAAATCTGT GCCGTAACGT GTTTCTATCC
GCCCCTTTAG 1920 CAGATAGATT GCGGTTTCGT AATCAACATG GTAATGCGGT
TCCGCCTGTG CGCCGGCCGG 1980 GATCACCACA ATATTCATAG AAAGCTGTCT
TGCACCTACC GTATCGCGGG AGATACCGAC 2040 AAAATAGGGC AGTTTTTGCG
TGGTATCCGT GGGGTGTTCC GGCCTGACAA TCTTGAGTTG 2100 GTTCGTCATC
ATCTTTCTCC ATCTGGGCGA CCTGATCGGT T 2141
[0034] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
derived from Erwinia amylovora has an amino acid sequence
corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 3 as follows:
3 Met Ser Leu Asn Thr Ser Gly Leu Gly Ala Ser Thr Met Gln Ile Ser 1
5 10 15 Ile Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly Asn Asn Gly Leu Leu Gly Thr Ser Arg
Gln 20 25 30 Asn Ala Gly Leu Gly Gly Asn Ser Ala Leu Gly Leu Gly
Gly Gly Asn 35 40 45 Gln Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gln Leu Ala Gly Leu
Leu Thr Gly Met Met 50 55 60 Met Met Met Ser Met Met Gly Gly Gly
Gly Leu Met Gly Gly Gly Leu 65 70 75 80 Gly Gly Gly Leu Gly Asn Gly
Leu Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Leu Gly Glu 85 90 95 Gly Leu Ser Asn Ala
Leu Asn Asp Met Leu Gly Gly Ser Leu Asn Thr 100 105 110 Leu Gly Ser
Lys Gly Gly Asn Asn Thr Thr Ser Thr Thr Asn Ser Pro 115 120 125 Leu
Asp Gln Ala Leu Gly Ile Asn Ser Thr Ser Gln Asn Asp Asp Ser 130 135
140 Thr Ser Gly Thr Asp Ser Thr Ser Asp Ser Ser Asp Pro Met Gln Gln
145 150 155 160 Leu Leu Lys Met Phe Ser Glu Ile Met Gln Ser Leu Phe
Gly Asp Gly 165 170 175 Gln Asp Gly Thr Gln Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Gly
Lys Gln Pro Thr Glu 180 185 190 Gly Glu Gln Asn Ala Tyr Lys Lys Gly
Val Thr Asp Ala Leu Ser Gly 195 200 205 Leu Met Gly Asn Gly Leu Ser
Gln Leu Leu Gly Asn Gly Gly Leu Gly 210 215 220 Gly Gly Gln Gly Gly
Asn Ala Gly Thr Gly Leu Asp Gly Ser Ser Leu 225 230 235 240 Gly Gly
Lys Gly Leu Gln Asn Leu Ser Gly Pro Val Asp Tyr Gln Gln 245 250 255
Leu Gly Asn Ala Val Gly Thr Gly Ile Gly Met Lys Ala Gly Ile Gln 260
265 270 Ala Leu Asn Asp Ile Gly Thr His Arg His Ser Ser Thr Arg Ser
Phe 275 280 285 Val Asn Lys Gly Asp Arg Ala Met Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly
Gln Phe Met 290 295 300 Asp Gln Tyr Pro Glu Val Phe Gly Lys Pro Gln
Tyr Gln Lys Gly Pro 305 310 315 320 Gly Gln Glu Val Lys Thr Asp Asp
Lys Ser Trp Ala Lys Ala Leu Ser 325 330 335 Lys Pro Asp Asp Asp Gly
Met Thr Pro Ala Ser Met Glu Gln Phe Asn 340 345 350 Lys Ala Lys Gly
Met Ile Lys Arg Pro Met Ala Gly Asp Thr Gly Asn 355 360 365 Gly Asn
Leu Gln Ala Arg Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ser Leu Gly Ile Asp 370 375 380
Ala Met Met Ala Gly Asp Ala Ile Asn Asn Met Ala Leu Gly Lys Leu 385
390 395 400 Gly Ala Ala
[0035] This hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
has a molecular weight of about 39 kDa, it has a pI of
approximately 4.3, and is heat stable at 100.degree. C. for at
least 10 minutes. This hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide
or protein has substantially no cysteine. The hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein derived from Erwinia
amylovora is more fully described in Wei, Z. -M., R. J. Laby, C. H.
Zumoff, D. W. Bauer, S. -Y. He, A. Collmer, and S. V. Beer,
"Harpin, Elicitor of the Hypersensitive Response Produced by the
Plant Pathogen Erwinia amylovora," Science 257:85-88 (1992), which
is hereby incorporated by reference. The DNA molecule encoding this
polypeptide or protein has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to
SEQ. ID. No. 4 as follows:
4 AAGCTTCGGC ATGGCACGTT TGACCGTTGG GTCGGCAGGG TACGTTTGAA TTATTCATAA
60 GAGGAATACG TTATGAGTCT GAATACAAGT GGGCTGGGAG CGTCAACGAT
GCAAATTTCT 120 ATCGGCGGTG CGGGCGGAAA TAACGGGTTG CTGGGTACCA
GTCGCCAGAA TGCTGGGTTG 180 GGTGGCAATT CTGCACTGGG GCTGGGCGGC
GGTAATCAAA ATGATACCGT CAATCAGCTG 240 GCTGGCTTAC TCACCGGCAT
GATGATGATG ATGAGCATGA TGGGCGGTGG TGGGCTGATG 300 GGCGGTGGCT
TAGGCGGTGG CTTAGGTAAT GGCTTGGGTG GCTCAGGTGG CCTGGGCGAA 360
GGACTGTCGA ACGCGCTGAA CGATATGTTA GGCGGTTCGC TGAACACGCT GGGCTCGAAA
420 GGCGGCAACA ATACCACTTC AACAACAAAT TCCCCGCTGG ACCAGGCGCT
GGGTATTAAC 480 TCAACGTCCC AAAACGACGA TTCCACCTCC GGCACAGATT
CCACCTCAGA CTCCAGCGAC 540 CCGATGCAGC AGCTGCTGAA GATGTTCAGC
GAGATAATGC AAAGCCTGTT TGGTGATGGG 600 CAAGATGGCA CCCAGGGCAG
TTCCTCTGGG GGCAAGCAGC CGACCGAAGG CGAGCAGAAC 660 GCCTATAAAA
AAGGAGTCAC TGATGCGCTG TCGGGCCTGA TGGGTAATGG TCTGAGCCAG 720
CTCCTTGGCA ACGGGGGACT GGGAGGTGGT CAGGGCGGTA ATGCTGGCAC GGGTCTTGAC
780 GGTTCGTCGC TGGGCGGCAA AGGGCTGCAA AACCTGAGCG GGCCGGTGGA
CTACCAGCAG 840 TTAGGTAACG CCGTGGGTAC CGGTATCGGT ATGAAAGCGG
GCATTCAGGC GCTGAATGAT 900 ATCGGTACGC ACAGGCACAG TTCAACCCGT
TCTTTCGTCA ATAAAGGCGA TCGGGCGATG 960 GCGAAGGAAA TCGGTCAGTT
CATGGACCAG TATCCTGAGG TGTTTGGCAA GCCGCAGTAC 1020 CAGAAAGGCC
CGGGTCAGGA GGTGAAAACC GATGACAAAT CATGGGCAAA AGCACTGAGC 1080
AAGCCAGATG ACGACGGAAT GACACCAGCC AGTATGGAGC AGTTCAACAA AGCCAAGGGC
1140 ATGATCAAAA GGCCCATGGC GGGTGATACC GGCAACGGCA ACCTGCAGGC
ACGCGGTGCC 1200 GGTGGTTCTT CGCTGGGTAT TGATGCCATG ATGGCCGGTG
ATGCCATTAA CAATATGGCA 1260 CTTGGCAAGC TGGGCGCGGC TTAAGCTT 1288
[0036] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
derived from Pseudomonas syringae has an amino acid sequence
corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 5 as follows:
5 Met Gln Ser Leu Ser Leu Asn Ser Ser Ser Leu Gln Thr Pro Ala Met 1
5 10 15 Ala Leu Val Leu Val Arg Pro Glu Ala Glu Thr Thr Gly Ser Thr
Ser 20 25 30 Ser Lys Ala Leu Gln Glu Val Val Val Lys Leu Ala Glu
Glu Leu Met 35 40 45 Arg Asn Gly Gln Leu Asp Asp Ser Ser Pro Leu
Gly Lys Leu Leu Ala 50 55 60 Lys Ser Met Ala Ala Asp Gly Lys Ala
Gly Gly Gly Ile Glu Asp Val 65 70 75 80 Ile Ala Ala Leu Asp Lys Leu
Ile His Glu Lys Leu Gly Asp Asn Phe 85 90 95 Gly Ala Ser Ala Asp
Ser Ala Ser Gly Thr Gly Gln Gln Asp Leu Met 100 105 110 Thr Gln Val
Leu Asn Gly Leu Ala Lys Ser Met Leu Asp Asp Leu Leu 115 120 125 Thr
Lys Gln Asp Gly Gly Thr Ser Phe Ser Glu Asp Asp Met Pro Met 130 135
140 Leu Asn Lys Ile Ala Gln Phe Met Asp Asp Asn Pro Ala Gln Phe Pro
145 150 155 160 Lys Pro Asp Ser Gly Ser Trp Val Asn Glu Leu Lys Glu
Asp Asn Phe 165 170 175 Leu Asp Gly Asp Glu Thr Ala Ala Phe Arg Ser
Ala Leu Asp Ile Ile 180 185 190 Gly Gln Gln Leu Gly Asn Gln Gln Ser
Asp Ala Gly Ser Leu Ala Gly 195 200 205 Thr Gly Gly Gly Leu Gly Thr
Pro Ser Ser Phe Ser Asn Asn Ser Ser 210 215 220 Val Met Gly Asp Pro
Leu Ile Asp Ala Asn Thr Gly Pro Gly Asp Ser 225 230 235 240 Gly Asn
Thr Arg Gly Glu Ala Gly Gln Leu Ile Gly Glu Leu Ile Asp 245 250 255
Arg Gly Leu Gln Ser Val Leu Ala Gly Gly Gly Leu Gly Thr Pro Val 260
265 270 Asn Thr Pro Gln Thr Gly Thr Ser Ala Asn Gly Gly Gln Ser Ala
Gln 275 280 285 Asp Leu Asp Gln Leu Leu Gly Gly Leu Leu Leu Lys Gly
Leu Glu Ala 290 295 300 Thr Leu Lys Asp Ala Gly Gln Thr Gly Thr Asp
Val Gln Ser Ser Ala 305 310 315 320 Ala Gln Ile Ala Thr Leu Leu Val
Ser Thr Leu Leu Gln Gly Thr Arg 325 330 335 Asn Gln Ala Ala Ala
340
[0037] This hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
has a molecular weight of 34-35 kDa. It is rich in glycine (about
13.5%) and lacks cysteine and tyrosine. Further information about
the hypersensitive response elicitor derived from Pseudomonas
syringae is found in He, S. Y., H. C. Huang, and A. Collmer,
"Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Harpin.sub.Pss: a Protein that
is Secreted via the Hrp Pathway and Elicits the Hypersensitive
Response in Plants," Cell 73:1255-1266 (1993), which is hereby
incorporated by reference. The DNA molecule encoding the
hypersensitive response elicitor from Pseudomonas syringae has a
nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 6 as follows:
6 ATGCAGAGTC TCAGTCTTAA CAGCAGCTCG CTGCAAACCC CGGCAATGGC CCTTGTCCTG
60 GTACGTCCTG AAGCCGAGAC GACTGGCAGT ACGTCGAGCA AGGCGCTTCA
GGAAGTTGTC 120 GTGAAGCTGG CCGAGGAACT GATGCGCAAT GGTCAACTCG
ACGACAGCTC GCCATTGGGA 180 AAACTGTTGG CCAAGTCGAT GGCCGCAGAT
GGCAAGGCGG GCGGCGGTAT TGAGGATGTC 240 ATCGCTGCGC TGGACAAGCT
GATCCATGAA AAGCTCGGTG ACAACTTCGG CGCGTCTGCG 300 GACAGCGCCT
CGGGTACCGG ACAGCAGGAC CTGATGACTC AGGTGCTCAA TGGCCTGGCC 360
AAGTCGATGC TCGATGATCT TCTGACCAAG CAGGATGGCG GGACAAGCTT CTCCGAAGAC
420 GATATGCCGA TGCTGAACAA GATCGCGCAG TTCATGGATG ACAATCCCGC
ACAGTTTCCC 480 AAGCCGGACT CGGGCTCCTG GGTGAACGAA CTCAAGGAAG
ACAACTTCCT TGATGGCGAC 540 GAAACGGCTG CGTTCCGTTC GGCACTCGAC
ATCATTGGCC AGCAACTGGG TAATCAGCAG 600 AGTGACGCTG GCAGTCTGGC
AGGGACGGGT GGAGGTCTGG GCACTCCGAG CAGTTTTTCC 660 AACAACTCGT
CCGTGATGGG TGATCCGCTG ATCGACGCCA ATACCGGTCC CGGTGACAGC 720
GGCAATACCC GTGGTGAAGC GGGGCAACTG ATCGGCGAGC TTATCGACCG TGGCCTGCAA
780 TCGGTATTGG CCGGTGGTGG ACTGGGCACA CCCGTAAACA CCCCGCAGAC
CGGTACGTCG 840 GCGAATGGCG GACAGTCCGC TCAGGATCTT GATCAGTTGC
TGGGCGGCTT GCTGCTCAAG 900 GGCCTGGAGG CAACGCTCAA GGATGCCGGG
CAAACAGGCA CCGACGTGCA GTCGAGCGCT 960 GCGCAAATCG CCACCTTGCT
GGTCAGTACG CTGCTGCAAG GCACCCGCAA TCAGGCTGCA 1020 GCCTGA 1026
[0038] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
derived from Pseudomonas solanacearum has an amino acid sequence
corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 7 as follows:
7 Met Ser Val Gly Asn Ile Gln Ser Pro Ser Asn Leu Pro Gly Leu Gln 1
5 10 15 Asn Leu Asn Leu Asn Thr Asn Thr Asn Ser Gln Gln Ser Gly Gln
Ser 20 25 30 Val Gln Asp Leu Ile Lys Gln Val Glu Lys Asp Ile Leu
Asn Ile Ile 35 4 45 Ala Ala Leu Val Gln Lys Ala Ala Gln Ser Ala Gly
Gly Asn Thr Gly 50 55 60 Asn Thr Gly Asn Ala Pro Ala Lys Asp Gly
Asn Ala Asn Ala Gly Ala 65 70 75 80 Asn Asp Pro Ser Lys Asn Asp Pro
Ser Lys Ser Gln Ala Pro Gln Ser 85 90 95 Ala Asn Lys Thr Gly Asn
Val Asp Asp Ala Asn Asn Gln Asp Pro Met 100 105 110 Gln Ala Leu Met
Gln Leu Leu Glu Asp Leu Val Lys Leu Leu Lys Ala 115 120 125 Ala Leu
His Met Gln Gln Pro Gly Gly Asn Asp Lys Gly Asn Gly Val 130 135 140
Gly Gly Ala Asn Gly Ala Lys Gly Ala Gly Gly Gln Gly Gly Leu Ala 145
150 155 160 Glu Ala Leu Gln Glu Ile Glu Gln Ile Leu Ala Gln Leu Gly
Gly Gly 165 170 175 Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly Gly Val Gly
Gly Ala Gly Gly 180 185 190 Ala Asp Gly Gly Ser Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala
Gly Gly Ala Asn Gly Ala 195 200 205 Asp Gly Gly Asn Gly Val Asn Gly
Asn Gln Ala Asn Gly Pro Gln Asn 210 215 220 Ala Gly Asp Val Asn Gly
Ala Asn Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Ser Glu Asp 225 230 235 240 Gln Gly Gly
Leu Thr Gly Val Leu Gln Lys Leu Met Lys Ile Leu Asn 245 250 255 Ala
Leu Val Gln Met Met Gln Gln Gly Gly Leu Gly Gly Gly Asn Gln 260 265
270 Ala Gln Gly Gly Ser Lys Gly Ala Gly Asn Ala Ser Pro Ala Ser Gly
275 280 285 Ala Asn Pro Gly Ala Asn Gln Pro Gly Ser Ala Asp Asp Gln
Ser Ser 290 295 300 Gly Gln Asn Asn Leu Gln Ser Gln Ile Met Asp Val
Val Lys Glu Val 305 310 315 320 Val Gln Ile Leu Gln Gln Met Leu Ala
Ala Gln Asn Gly Gly Ser Gln 325 330 335 Gln Ser Thr Ser Thr Gln Pro
Met 340
[0039] It is encoded by a DNA molecule having a nucleotide sequence
corresponding SEQ. ID. No. 8 as follows:
8 ATGTCAGTCG GAAACATCCA GAGCCCGTCG AACCTCCCGG GTCTGCAGAA CCTGAACCTC
60 AACACCAACA CCAACAGCCA GCAATCGGGC CAGTCCGTGC AAGACCTGAT
CAAGCAGGTC 120 GAGAAGGACA TCCTCAACAT CATCGCAGCC CTCGTGCAGA
AGGCCGCACA GTCGGCGGGC 180 GGCAACACCG GTAACACCGG CAACGCGCCG
GCGAAGGACG GCAATGCCAA CGCGGGCGCC 240 AACGACCCGA GCAAGAACGA
CCCGAGCAAG AGCCAGGCTC CGCAGTCGGC CAACAAGACC 300 GGCAACGTCG
ACGACGCCAA CAACCAGGAT CCGATGCAAG CGCTGATGCA GCTGCTGGAA 360
GACCTGGTGA AGCTGCTGAA GGCGGCCCTG CACATGCAGC AGCCCGGCGG CAATGACAAG
420 GGCAACGGCG TGGGCGGTGC CAACGGCGCC AAGGGTGCCG GCGGCCAGGG
CGGCCTGGCC 480 GAAGCGCTGC AGGAGATCGA GCAGATCCTC GCCCAGCTCG
GCGGCGGCGG TGCTGGCGCC 540 GGCGGCGCGG GTGGCGGTGT CGGCGGTGCT
GGTGGCGCGG ATGGCGGCTC CGGTGCGGGT 600 GGCGCAGGCG GTGCGAACGG
CGCCGACGGC GGCAATGGCG TGAACGGCAA CCAGGCGAAC 660 GGCCCGCAGA
ACGCAGGCGA TGTCAACGGT GCCAACGGCG CGGATGACGG CAGCGAAGAC 720
CAGGGCGGCC TCACCGGCGT GCTGCAAAAG CTGATGAAGA TCCTGAACGC GCTGGTGCAG
780 ATGATGCAGC AAGGCGGCCT CGGCGGCGGC AACCAGGCGC AGGGCGGCTC
GAAGGGTGCC 840 GGCAACGCCT CGCCGGCTTC CGGCGCGAAC CCGGGCGCGA
ACCAGCCCGG TTCGGCGGAT 900 GATCAATCGT CCGGCCAGAA CAATCTGCAA
TCCCAGATCA TGGATGTGGT GAAGGAGGTC 960 GTCCAGATCC TGCAGCAGAT
GCTGGCGGCG CAGAACGGCG GCAGCCAGCA GTCCACCTCG 1020 ACGCAGCCGA TGTAA
1035
[0040] Further information regarding the hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein derived from Pseudomonas
solanacearum is set forth in Arlat, M., F. Van Gijsegem, J. C.
Huet, J. C. Pemollet, and C. A. Boucher, "PopA1, a Protein which
Induces a Hypersensitive-like Response in Specific Petunia
Genotypes, is Secreted via the Hrp Pathway of Pseudomonas
solanacearum," EMBO J. 13:543-533 (1994), which is hereby
incorporated by reference.
[0041] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
from Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines has an amino acid sequence
corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 9 as follows:
9 Thr Leu Ile Glu Leu Met Ile Val Val Ala Ile Ile Ala Ile Leu Ala 1
5 10 15 Ala Ile Ala Leu Pro Ala Tyr Gln Asp Tyr 20 25
[0042] This sequence is an amino terminal sequence having 26
residues only from the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide
or protein of Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines. It matches with
fimbrial subunit proteins determined in other Xanthomonas
campestris pathovars.
[0043] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
from Xanthomonas campestris pelargonii is heat stable, protease
sensitive, and has a molecular weight of 20 kDa. It includes an
amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 10 as
follows:
10 Ser Ser Gln Gln Ser Pro Ser Ala Gly Ser Glu Gln Gln Leu Asp Gln
1 5 10 15 Leu Leu Ala Met 20
[0044] Isolation of Erwinia carotovora hypersensitive response
elicitor protein or polypeptide is described in Cai, et al., "The
RsmA.sup.- Mutants of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotova Strain
Ecc7l Overexpress hrpN.sub.Ecc and Elicit a Hypersensitive
Reaction-Like Response in Tobacco Leaves," MPMI, 9(7):565-73
(1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference. The
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide for Erwinia
stewartii is disclosed in Ahmad, et al., "Harpin is Not Necessary
for the Pathogenicity of Erwinia stewartii on Maize," 8th Int'l.
Cong. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact, Jul. 14-19, 1996 and Ahmad, et
al., "Harpin is Not Necessary for the Pathogenicity of Erwinia
stewartii on Maize," Ann. Mtg. Am. Phytopath. Soc., Jul. 27-31,
1996, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
[0045] Hypersensitive response elicitor proteins or polypeptides
from Phytophora parasitica, Phytophora cryptogea, Phytophora
cinnamoni, Phytophora capsici, Phytophora megasperma, and
Phytophora citrophthora are described in Kamoun, et al.,
"Extracellular Protein Elicitors from Phytophora: Host-Specificity
and Induction of Resistance to Bacterial and Fungal
Phytopathogens," Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact., 6(1):15-25 (1993),
Ricci, et al., "Structure and Activity of Proteins from Pathogenic
Fungi Phytophora Eliciting Necrosis and Acquired Resistance in
Tobacco," Eur. J. Biochem., 183:555-63 (1989), Ricci, et al.,
"Differential Production of Parasiticein, an Elicitor of Necrosis
and Resistance in Tobacco by Isolates of Phytophora paraticica,"
Plant Path., 41:298-307 (1992), Baillieul, et al., "A New Elicitor
of the Hypersensitive Response in Tobacco: A Fungal Glycoprotein
Elicits Cell Death, Expression of Defense Genes, Production of
Salicylic Acid, and Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance,"
Plant J., 8(4):551-60 (1995), and Bonnet, et al., "Acquired
Resistance Triggered by Elicitins in Tobacco and Other Plants,"
Eur. J. Plant Path., 102:181-92 (1996), which are hereby
incorporated by reference.
[0046] The above elicitors are exemplary. Other elicitors can be
identified by growing fungi or bacteria that elicit a
hypersensitive response under which genes encoding an elicitor are
expressed. Cell-free preparations from culture supernatants can be
tested for elicitor activity (i.e. local necrosis) by using them to
infiltrate appropriate plant tissues.
[0047] It is also possible to use fragments of the above
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptides or proteins as well
as fragments of full length elicitors from other pathogens, in the
method of the present invention.
[0048] Suitable fragments can be produced by several means. In the
first, subclones of the gene encoding a known elicitor protein are
produced by conventional molecular genetic manipulation by
subcloning gene fragments. The subclones then are expressed in
vitro or in viva in bacterial cells to yield a smaller protein or a
peptide that can be tested for elicitor activity according to the
procedure described below.
[0049] As an alternative, fragments of an elicitor protein can be
produced by digestion of a full-length elicitor protein with
proteolytic enzymes like chymotrypsin or Staphylococcus proteinase
A, or trypsin. Different proteolytic enzymes are likely to cleave
elicitor proteins at different sites based on the amino acid
sequence of the elicitor protein. Some of the fragments that result
from proteolysis may be active elicitors of resistance.
[0050] In another approach, based on knowledge of the primary
structure of the protein, fragments of the elicitor protein gene
may be synthesized by using the PCR technique together with
specific sets of primers chosen to represent particular portions of
the protein. These then would be cloned into an appropriate vector
for increased expression of a truncated peptide or protein.
[0051] An example of a suitable fragment is the popA1 fragment of
the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein from
Pseudomonas solanacearum. See Arlat, M., F. Van Gijsegem, J. C.
Huet, J. C. Pemollet, and C. A. Boucher, "PopA1, a Protein Which
Induces a Hypersensitive-like Response in Specific Petunia
Genotypes is Secreted via the Hrp Pathway of Pseudomonas
solanacearum," EMBO J. 13:543-53 (1994), which is hereby
incorporated by reference. As to Erwinia amylovora, a suitable
fragment can be, for example, either or both the polypeptide
extending between and including amino acids 1 and 98 of SEQ. ID.
NO. 3 and the polypeptide extending between and including amino
acids 137 and 204 of SEQ. ID. No. 3.
[0052] Variants may be made by, for example, the deletion or
addition of amino acids that have minimal influence on the
properties, secondary structure and hydropathic nature of the
polypeptide. For example, a polypeptide may be conjugated to a
signal (or leader) sequence at the N-terminal end of the protein
which co-translationally or post-translationally directs transfer
of the protein. The polypeptide may also be conjugated to a linker
or other sequence for ease of synthesis, purification or
identification of the polypeptide.
[0053] The protein or polypeptide of the present invention is
preferably produced in purified form (preferably at least about
60%, more preferably 80%, pure) by conventional techniques.
Typically, the protein or polypeptide of the present invention is
produced but not secreted into the growth medium of recombinant E.
coli. Alternatively, the protein or polypeptide of the present
invention is secreted into the growth medium. In the case of
unsecreted protein, to isolate the protein, the E. coli host cell
carrying a recombinant plasmid is propagated, homogenized, and the
homogenate is centrifuged to remove bacterial debris. The
supernatant is then subjected to heat treatment and the
hypersensitive response elicitor protein is separated by
centrifugation. The supernatant fraction containing the polypeptide
or protein of the present invention is subjected to gel filtration
in an appropriately sized dextran or polyacrylamide column to
separate the proteins. If necessary, the protein fraction may be
further purified by ion exchange or HPLC.
[0054] Alternatively, the hypersensitive response elicitor protein
can be prepared by chemical synthesis using conventional
techniques.
[0055] The DNA molecule encoding the hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein can be incorporated in cells using
conventional recombinant DNA technology. Generally, this involves
inserting the DNA molecule into an expression system to which the
DNA molecule is heterologous (i.e. not normally present) The
heterologous DNA molecule is inserted into the expression system or
vector in proper sense orientation and correct reading frame. The
vector contains the necessary elements for the transcription and
translation of the inserted protein-coding sequences.
[0056] U.S. Pat. No. 4,237,224 to Cohen and Boyer, which is hereby
incorporated by reference, describes the production of expression
systems in the form of recombinant plasmids using restriction
enzyme cleavage and ligation with DNA ligase. These recombinant
plasmids are then introduced by means of transformation and
replicated in unicellular cultures including procaryotic organisms
and eucaryotic cells grown in tissue culture.
[0057] Recombinant genes may also be introduced into viruses, such
as vaccina virus. Recombinant viruses can be generated by
transection of plasmids into cells infected with virus.
[0058] Suitable vectors include, but are not limited to, the
following viral vectors such as lambda vector system gt11, gt
WES.tB, Charon 4, and plasmid vectors such as pBR322, pBR325,
pACYC177, pACYC1084, pUC8, pUC9, pUC18, pUC19, pLG339, pR290,
pKC37, pKC101, SV 40, pBluescript II SK +/- or KS +/- (see
"Stratagene Cloning Systems" Catalog (1993) from Stratagene, La
Jolla, Calif., which is hereby incorporated by reference), pQE,
pIH821, pGEX, pET series (see F. W. Studier et. al., "Use of T7 RNA
Polymerase to Direct Expression of Cloned Genes," Gene Expression
Technology vol. 185 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by
reference), and any derivatives thereof. Recombinant molecules can
be introduced into cells via transformation, particularly
transduction, conjugation, mobilization, or electroporation. The
DNA sequences are cloned into the vector using standard cloning
procedures in the art, as described by Sambrook et al., Molecular
Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Laboratory, Cold Springs
Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
[0059] A variety of host-vector systems may be utilized to express
the protein-encoding sequence(s). Primarily, the vector system must
be compatible with the host cell used. Host-vector systems include
but are not limited to the following: bacteria transformed with
bacteriophage DNA, plasmid DNA, or cosmid DNA; microorganisms such
as yeast containing yeast vectors; mammalian cell systems infected
with virus (e.g., vaccinia virus, adenovirus, etc.); insect cell
systems infected with virus (e.g., baculovirus); and plant cells
infected by bacteria. The expression elements of these vectors vary
in their strength and specificities. Depending upon the host-vector
system utilized, any one of a number of suitable transcription and
translation elements can be used.
[0060] Different genetic signals and processing events control many
levels of gene expression (e.g., DNA transcription and messenger
RNA (mRNA) translation).
[0061] Transcription of DNA is dependent upon the presence of a
promotor which is a DNA sequence that directs the binding of RNA
polymerase and thereby promotes mRNA synthesis. The DNA sequences
of eucaryotic promoters differ from those of procaryotic promotors.
Furthermore, eucaryotic promoters and accompanying genetic signals
may not be recognized in or may not function in a procaryotic
system, and, further, procaryotic promoters are not recognized and
do not function in eucaryotic cells.
[0062] Similarly, translation of MRNA in procaryotes depends upon
the presence of the proper procaryotic signals which differ from
those of eucaryotes. Efficient translation of mRNA in procaryotes
requires a ribosome binding site called the Shine-Dalgarno ("SD")
sequence on the mRNA. This sequence is a short nucleotide sequence
of mRNA that is located before the start codon, usually AUG, which
encodes the amino-terminal methionine of the protein. The SD
sequences are complementary to the 3'-end of the 16S rRNA
(ribosomal RNA) and probably promote binding of mRNA to ribosomes
by duplexing with the rRNA to allow correct positioning of the
ribosome. For a review on maximizing gene expression, see Roberts
and Lauer, Methods in Enzymology, 68:473 (1979), which is hereby
incorporated by reference.
[0063] Promotors vary in their "strength" (i.e. their ability to
promote transcription). For the purposes of expressing a cloned
gene, it is desirable to use strong promoters in order to obtain a
high level of transcription and, hence, expression of the gene.
Depending upon the host cell system utilized, any one of a number
of suitable promoters may be used. For instance, when cloning in E.
coli, its bacteriophages, or plasmids, promoters such as the T7
phage promoter, lac promotor, trp promotor, recA promotor,
ribosomal RNA promotor, the PR and PL promoters of coliphage lambda
and others, including but not limited, to lacUV5, ompF, bla, lpp,
and the like, may be used to direct high levels of transcription of
adjacent DNA segments. Additionally, a hybrid trp-lacUV5 (tac)
promotor or other E. coli promoters produced by recombinant DNA or
other synthetic DNA techniques may be used to provide for
transcription of the inserted gene.
[0064] Bacterial host cell strains and expression vectors may be
chosen which inhibit the action of the promotor unless specifically
induced. In certain operations, the addition of specific inducers
is necessary for efficient transcription of the inserted DNA. For
example, the lac operon is induced by the addition of lactose or
IPTG (isopropylthio-beta-D-galac- toside). A variety of other
operons, such as trp, pro, etc., are under different controls.
[0065] Specific initiation signals are also required for efficient
gene transcription and translation in procaryotic cells. These
transcription and translation initiation signals may vary in
"strength" as measured by the quantity of gene specific messenger
RNA and protein synthesized, respectively. The DNA expression
vector, which contains a promotor, may also contain any combination
of various "strong" transcription and/or translation initiation
signals. For instance, efficient translation in E. coli requires a
Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence about 7-9 bases 5' to the initiation
codon (ATG) to provide a ribosome binding site. Thus, any SD-ATG
combination that can be utilized by host cell ribosomes may be
employed. Such combinations include but are not limited to the
SD-ATG combination from the cro gene or the N gene of coliphage
lambda, or from the E. coli tryptophan E, D, C, B or A genes.
Additionally, any SD-ATG combination produced by recombinant DNA or
other techniques involving incorporation of synthetic nucleotides
may be used.
[0066] Once the isolated DNA molecule encoding the hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein has been cloned into an
expression system, it is ready to be incorporated into a host cell.
Such incorporation can be carried out by the various forms of
transformation noted above, depending upon the vector/host cell
system. Suitable host cells include, but are not limited to,
bacteria, virus, yeast, mammalian cells, insect, plant, and the
like.
[0067] The method of the present invention can be utilized to treat
seeds for a wide variety of plants to impart pathogen resistance to
the plants. Suitable seeds are for plants which are dicots and
monocots. More particularly, useful crop plants can include: rice,
wheat, barley, rye, oats, cotton, sunflower, canola, peanut, corn,
potato, sweet potato, bean, pea, chicory, lettuce, endive, cabbage,
cauliflower, broccoli, turnip, radish, spinach, onion, garlic,
eggplant, pepper, celery, carrot, squash, pumpkin, zucchini,
cucumber, apple, pear, melon, strawberry, grape, raspberry,
pineapple, soybean, tobacco, tomato, sorghum, and sugarcane.
Examples of suitable ornamental plants are: rose, Saintpaulia,
petunia, Pelargonium, poinsettia, chrysanthemum, carnation, and
zinnia.
[0068] The method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants in
accordance with the present invention is useful in imparting
resistance to a wide variety of pathogens including viruses,
bacteria, and fungi.
[0069] Resistance, inter alia, to the following viruses can be
achieved by the method of the present invention: Tobacco mosaic
virus, cucumber mosaic virus, potato x virus, potato y virus, and
tomato mosaic virus.
[0070] Resistance, inter alia, to the following bacteria can also
be imparted to plants in accordance with the present invention:
Pseudomonas solancearum, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci, and
Xanthamonas campestris pv. pelargonii.
[0071] Plants can be made resistant, inter alia, to the following
fungi by use of the method of the present invention: Fusarium
oxysporum and Phytophthora infestans.
[0072] The embodiment of the present invention involving applying
the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein to all
or part of the plant seeds being treated can be carried out through
a variety of procedures. Suitable application methods include high
or low pressure spraying, injection, coating, dusting, and
immersion. Other suitable application procedures can be envisioned
by those skilled in the art. Once treated with the hypersensitive
response elicitor of the present invention, the seeds can be
planted and cultivated using conventional procedures to produce
plants. After plants have been propagated from seeds treated in
accordance with the present invention, the plants may be treated
with one or more applications of the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein or polypeptide to enhance hypersensitive response
induced resistance in the plants. See U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 08/475,775, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Such
propagated plants, which are resistant to disease, may, in turn, be
useful in producing seeds or propagules (e.g. cuttings) that
produce resistant plants.
[0073] The hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein
can be applied to plant seeds in accordance with the present
invention alone or in a mixture with other materials.
[0074] A composition suitable for treating plant seeds in
accordance with the present invention contains a hypersensitive
response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a carrier. Suitable
carriers include water, aqueous solutions, slurries, or dry
powders. In this embodiment, the composition contains greater than
0.5 nM hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein.
[0075] Although not required, this composition may contain
additional additives including fertilizer, insecticide, fungicide,
nematicide, herbicide, and mixtures thereof. Suitable fertilizers
include (NH.sub.4).sub.2NO.sub.3. An example of a suitable
insecticide is Malathion. Useful fungicides include Captan.
[0076] Other suitable additives include buffering agents, wetting
agents, coating agents, and abrading agents. These materials can be
used to facilitate the process of the present invention. In
addition, the hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein can be applied to plant seeds with other conventional seed
formulation and treatment materials, including clays and
polysaccharides.
[0077] In the alternative embodiment of the present invention
involving the use of transgenic seeds, a hypersensitive response
elicitor polypeptide or protein need not be applied topically to
the seeds. Instead, transgenic plants transformed with a DNA
molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or
protein are produced according to procedures well known in the art,
such as biolistics or Agrobacterium mediated transformation.
Examples of suitable hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptides
or proteins and the nucleic acid sequences for their encoding DNA
are disclosed supra. As is conventional in the art, such transgenic
plants would contain suitable vectors with various promoters
including pathogen-induced promoters, and other components needed
for transformation, transcription, and, possibly, translation. Such
transgenic plants themselves could be grown under conditions
effective to be imparted with pathogen resistance. In any event,
once transgenic plants of this type are produced, transgenic seeds
are recovered. These seeds can then be planted in the soil and
cultivated using conventional procedures to produce plants. The
plants are propagated from the planted transgenic seeds under
conditions effective to impart pathogen resistance to the
plants.
[0078] When transgenic plant seeds are used in accordance with the
present invention, they additionally can be treated with the same
materials (noted above) as are used to treat the seeds to which a
hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein is applied.
These other materials, including hypersensitive response elicitors,
can be applied to the transgenic plant seeds by high or low
pressure spraying, injection, coating, dusting, and immersion.
Similarly, transgenic plants additionally may be treated with one
or more applications of the hypersensitive response elicitor to
enhance hypersensitive response induced resistance in the plants.
Such plants may also be treated with conventional plant treatment
agents (e.g., insecticides, fertilizers, etc.). The transgenic
plants of the present invention are useful in producing seeds or
propagules (e.g. cuttings) from which disease resistant plants
grow.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
Effect of Treating Seeds with Hypersensitive Response Elicitor
Protein
[0079] Marglobe tomato seeds were submerged in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein (ca. 26 .mu.gm/ml) from Erwinia amylovora
solution or buffer in beakers on day 0 for 24 hours at 28.degree.
C. in a growth chamber. After soaking seeds in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein from Erwinia amylovora or buffer, they
were sown in germination pots with artificial soil on day 1.
Seedlings were transplanted to individual pots at the two-true-leaf
stage on day 12. After transplanting, some plants that arose from
treated seed also were sprayed with hypersensitive response
elicitor protein (ca. 13 .mu.gm/ml) from Erwinia amylovora
(Treatments 3 and 4).
[0080] Tomato treated as noted in the preceding paragraph were
inoculated with Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum K60 strain
(See Kelman, "The Relationship of Pathogenicity in Pseudomonas
solanacearum to Colony Appearance on a Tetrazolium Medium,"
Phytopathology 44:693-95 (1954)) on day 23 by making vertical cuts
through the roots and potting medium of tomato plants (on a tangent
2 cm from the stem and 2 times/pot) and putting 10 ml
(5.times.10.sup.8 cfu/ml) suspension into the soil.
[0081] The above procedure involved use of 10 seeds treated with
hypersensitive response elicitor protein from Erwinia amylovora per
treatment.
[0082] Treatments:
[0083] 1. Seeds soaked in hypersensitive response elicitor protein
from Erwinia amylovora (ca. 26 .mu.mg/ml).
[0084] 2. Seeds soaked in buffer (SmM KPO.sub.4, pH 6.8)
[0085] 3. Seeds soaked in hypersensitive response elicitor protein
from Erwinia amylovora (ca. 26 .mu.mg/ml) and seedlings sprayed
with hypersensitive response elicitor protein from Erwinia
amylovora (ca. 13 .mu.gm/ml) at transplanting.
[0086] 4. Seeds soaked in buffer and seedlings sprayed with
hypersensitive response elicitor protein from Erwinia amylovora
(ca. 13 .mu.gm/ml) at transplanting.
[0087] The results of these treatments are set forth in Tables
1-4.
11TABLE 1 Infection Data - 28 Days After Seed Treatment and 5 Days
After Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 9 1 0 0
0 0 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 *Disease Scale: Grade 0: No symptoms Grade 1:
One leaf partially wilted. Grade 2: 2-3 leaves wilted. Grade 3: All
except the top 2-3 leaves wilted. Grade 4: All leaves wilted. Grade
5: Plant Dead
[0088]
12TABLE 2 Infection Data - 31 Days After Seed Treatment and 8 Days
After Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 10 8 2 0 0 0
0 4 10 7 2 1 0 0 0
[0089]
13TABLE 3 Infection Data - 35 Days After Seed Treatment and 12 Days
After Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 5 3 0 1 1 0 2 10 1 3 3 2 1 0 3 10 4 3 3 0 0
0 4 10 3 3 3 1 0 0
[0090]
14TABLE 4 Disease Indices of Seed Treatment With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor Protein Disease Index (%)* Treatment Inoculation
Day Day Day Day 0 Day 14 Day 23 28 31 35 1. Hypersensitive
Inoculate 0 8 20 response elicitor protein seed soak 2. Buffer seed
Inoculate 2 20 38 soak 3. Hypersensitive Spray Inoculate 2 4 18
response Hypersensitive elicitor response protein seed elicitor
soak protein 4. Buffer seed Spray Inoculate 0 8 24 soak
Hypersensitive response elicitor protein *The Disease Index was
determined using the procedure set forth in N. N. Winstead, et al.,
"Inoculation Techniques for Evaluating Resistance to Pseudomonas
Solanacearurn," Phytopathology 42:628-34 (1952), particularly at
page 629.
[0091] The above data shows that the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein was more effective than buffer as a seed treatment
in reducing disease index and was as effective as spraying leaves
of young plants with hypersensitive response elicitor protein.
Example 2
Effect of Treating Tomato Seeds with Hypersensitive Response
Elicitor Protein From pCPP2139 Versus pCPP50 Vector on Southern
Bacteria Wilt of Tomato
[0092] Marglobe tomato seeds were submerged in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein from pCPP2139 or in pCPP50 vector
solution (1:50, 1:100 and 1:200) in beakers on day 0 for 24 hours
at 28.degree. C. in a growth chamber. After soaking seeds in
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or vector, they were sown
in germination pots with artificial soil on day 0. Ten uniform
appearing plants were chosen randomly from each of the following
treatments:
15 Treatment Content Strain Dilution Harpin 1. DH5.alpha.
(pCPP2139) 1:50 8 .mu.g/ml 2. DH5.alpha. (pCCP50) 1:50 0 3.
DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:100 4 .mu.g/ml 4. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50) 1:100
0 5. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:200 2 .mu.g/ml 6. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50)
1:200 0
[0093] The resulting seedlings were inoculated with Pseudomonas
solanacearum K60 by dipping the roots of tomato seedling plants for
about 30 seconds in a 40 ml (1.times.10.sup.8 cfu/ml) suspension.
The seedlings were then transplanted into the pots with artificial
soil on day 12.
[0094] The results of these treatments are set forth in Tables
5-8.
16TABLE 5 16 Days After Seed Treatment and 3 Days After Inoculation
Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 10 6 4 0 0 0 0
5 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 6 10 4 6 0 0 0 0
[0095]
17TABLE 6 19 Days After Seed Treatment and 6 Days After Inoculation
Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 10 2 0 2 0 2 4 4 10 3 1 2 0 2 2
5 10 2 1 0 2 2 3 6 10 1 0 1 1 3 4
[0096]
18TABLE 7 21 Days After Seed Treatment and 8 Days After Inoculation
Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 10 6 0 0 0 1 3 2 10 2 0 0 1 3 4 3 10 2 0 0 2 2 3 4 10 3 0 0 2 2 3
5 10 2 0 0 0 4 4 6 10 1 0 1 2 1 5
[0097]
19TABLE 8 Disease Indices of Seed Treatment With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor and Vector Treatment Disease Index (%) Day 0 Day
12 Day 15 Day 18 Day 20 Hypersensitive inoculate 6.0 32.0 38.0
response elicitor protein seed dip (1:50) Vector seed dip inoculate
10.0 58.0 70.0 (1:50) Hypersensitive inoculate 8.0 64.0 68.0
response elicitor protein seed dip (1:100) Vector seed dip
inoculate 8.0 46.0 58.0 (1:100) Hypersensitive inoculate 6.0 60.00
72.0 response elicitor protein seed dip (1:200) Vector seed dip
inoculate 12.0 74.0 74.0 (1:200)
[0098] The above data shows that the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein is much more effective than the vector solution in
preventing Tomato Southern Bacteria Wilt.
Example 3
Effect of Treating Tomato Seeds with Hypersensitive Response
Elicitor Protein From pCPP2139 Versus pCPP50 Vector on Tomato
Southern Bacteria Wilt
[0099] Marglobe tomato seeds were submerged in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein from pCPP2139 or in pCPP50 vector
solution (1:50, 1:100 and 1:200) in beakers on day 0 for 24 hours
at 28.degree. C. in a growth chamber. After soaking seeds in the
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or vector, the seeds were
sown in germination pots with artificial soil on day 1. Ten uniform
appearing plants were chosen randomly from each of the following
treatments:
20 Hypersensitive Response Elicitor Treatment Strain Dilution
Content 1. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:50 8 .mu.g/ml 2. DH5.alpha.
(pCCP50) 1:50 0 3. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:100 4 .mu.g/ml 4.
DH5.alpha. (pCPP50) 1:100 0 5. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:200 2
.mu.g/ml 6. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50) 1:200 0
[0100] The resulting seedlings were inoculated with Pseudomonas
solanacearum K60 by dipping the roots of tomato seedling plants for
about 30 seconds in a 40 ml (1.times.10.sup.5 cfu/ml) suspension.
The seedlings were then transplanted into the pots with artificial
soil on day 12.
[0101] The results of these treatments are set forth in Tables
9-12.
21TABLE 9 16 Days After Seed Treatment and 3 Days After Inoculation
Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 7 3 0 0 0 0
5 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 6 10 7 3 0 0 0 0
[0102]
22TABLE 10 19 Days After Seed Treatment and 6 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant
0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 5 0 0 1 2 2 2 10 1 0 1 2 3 3 3 10 4 1 0 0 2 3 4 10
2 0 2 1 2 3 5 10 1 0 1 1 4 3 6 10 1 0 0 2 4 3
[0103]
23TABLE 11 21 Days After Hypersensitive Response Elicitor Protein
Seed Treatment and 8 Days After Inoculation Number of Plants of
Given Disease Rating* Treatm. Plant 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 5 0 0 0 2 3 2
10 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 10 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 10 2 0 2 0 2 4 5 10 1 0 1 0 2 6 6
10 1 0 0 0 2 7
[0104]
24TABLE 12 Disease Indices of Seed Treatment With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor Protein and Vector Day 1 Day 13 Day 16 Day 19 Day
21 Hypersensitive inoculate 4.0 42.0 46.0 response elicitor protein
seed dip (1:50) Vector seed dip inoculate 6.0 70.0 64.0 (1:50)
Hypersensitive inoculate 6.0 48.0 46.0 response elicitor protein
seed dip (1:100) Vector seed dip inoculate 6.0 60.0 64.0 (1:100)
Hypersensitive inoculate 4.0 72.0 80.0 response elicitor protein
seed dip (1:200) Vector seed dip inoculate 6.0 74.0 86.0
(1:200)
[0105] The above data shows that the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein is much more effective in preventing Tomato
Southern Bacteria Wilt.
Example 4
Effect of Treating Tomato Seeds with Hypersensitive Response
Elicitor Protein From pCPP2139 Versus pCPP50 Vector on Southern
Bacteria Wilt of Tomato
[0106] Marglobe tomato seeds were submerged in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein from pCPP2139 or in pCPP50 vector
solution (1:25, 1:50 and 1:100) in beakers on day 0 for 24 hours at
28.degree. C. in a growth chamber. After soaking seeds in
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or vector, they were sown
in germination pots with artificial soil on day 1. Ten uniform
appearing plants were chosen randomly from each of the following
treatments:
25 Treatment Content Strain Dilution Harpin 1. DH5.alpha.
(pCPP2139) 1:25 16 .mu.g/ml 2. DH5.alpha. (pCCP50) 1:25 0 3.
DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:50 8 .mu.g/ml 4. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50) 1:50 0
5. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:100 2 .mu.g/ml 6. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50)
1:100 0
[0107] The resulting seedlings were inoculated with Pseudomonas
solanacearum K60 by dipping the roots of tomato seedling plants for
about 30 seconds in a 40 ml (1.times.10.sup.8 cfu/ml) suspension.
The seedlings were then transplanted into the pots with artificial
soil on day 14.
[0108] The results of these treatments are set forth in Tables
13-16.
26TABLE 13 19 Days After Seed Treatment and 4 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 10 9 1 0 0 0
0 4 10 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 10 5 3 1 1 0 0 6 10 6 1 2 1 0 0
[0109]
27TABLE 14 21 Days After Seed Treatments and 6 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 10 6 3 1 0 0
0 4 10 3 2 1 2 2 0 5 10 5 1 2 2 0 0 6 10 3 1 3 2 1 0
[0110]
28TABLE 15 23 Days After Seed Treatment and 8 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 10 2 2 2 3 0 1 3 10 7 2 0 1 0
0 4 10 2 1 2 3 0 2 5 10 3 1 2 3 0 1 6 10 2 2 2 3 0 1
[0111]
29TABLE 16 Disease Indices of Seed Treatment With Hypersensitive
Elicitor Protein and Vector Treatment Disease Index (%) Day 1 Day
15 Day 19 Day 21 Day 23 Hypersensitive inoculate 4.0 14.0 14.0
response elicitor protein seed dip (1:25) Vector seed dip inoculate
18.0 28.0 40.0 (1:25) Hypersensitive inoculate 2.0 10.0 10.0
response elicitor protein seed dip (1:50) Vector seed dip inoculate
20.0 36.0 48.0 (1:50) Hypersensitive inoculate 16.0 22.0 38.0
response elicitor protein seed dip (1:100) Vector seed dip
inoculate 16.0 34.0 40.0 (1:100)
[0112] The above data shows that the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein is much more effective than the vector solution in
preventing Tomato Southern Bacteria Wilt. A hypersensitive response
protein concentration of 1:50 is particularly effective in disease
control.
Example 5
Effect of Treating Tomato Seeds with Hypersensitive Response
Elicitor Protein From pCPP2139 Versus pCPP50 Vector on Southern
Bacteria Wilt of Tomato
[0113] Marglobe tomato seeds were submerged in hypersensitive
response elicitor protein from pCPP2139 or pCPP50 vector solution
(1:25, 1:50 and 1:100) in beakers on day 0 for 24 hours at
28.degree. C. in a growth chamber. After soaking seeds in
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or vector, they were sown
in germination pots with artificial soil on day 1. Ten uniform
appearing plants were chosen randomly from each of the following
treatments:
30 Treatment Content Strain Dilution Harpin 1. DH5.alpha.
(pCPP2139) 1:25 16 .mu.g/ml 2. DH5.alpha. (pCCP50) 1:25 0 3.
DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:50 8 .mu.g/ml 4. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50) 1:50 0
5. DH5.alpha. (pCPP2139) 1:100 4 .mu.g/ml 6. DH5.alpha. (pCPP50)
1:100 0
[0114] The resulting seedlings were inoculated with Pseudomonas
solanacearum K60 by dipping the roots of tomato seedling plants for
about 30 seconds in a 40 ml (1.times.10.sup.6 cfu/ml) suspension.
The seedlings were then transplanted into the pots with artificial
soil on day 14.
[0115] The results of these treatments are set forth in Tables
17-20.
31TABLE 17 19 Days After Seed Treatment and 4 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 10 9 1 0 0 0
0 4 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 5 10 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 10 6 4 0 0 0 0
[0116]
32TABLE 18 21 Days After Seed Treatment and 6 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 10 3 3 2 2 0 0 3 10 8 2 0 0 0
0 4 10 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 10 6 1 1 2 0 0 6 10 3 2 3 1 1 0
[0117]
33TABLE 19 23 Days After Seed Treatment and 8 Days After
Inoculation Number of Plants of Given Disease Rating* Treatm.
Plants 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 10 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 10 3 1 2 3 0 1 3 10 8 1 0 1 0
0 4 10 3 3 1 2 0 1 5 10 3 3 0 2 1 1 6 10 3 2 0 3 0 2
[0118]
34TABLE 20 Disease Indices of Seed Treatment With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor Protein and Vector Treatment Disease Index (%)
Day 0 Day 15 Day 19 Day 21 Day 23 Hypersensitive inoculate 4.0 12.0
14.0 response elicitor protein seed dip (1:25) Vector seed dip
inoculate 10.0 26.0 38.0 (1:25) Hypersensitive inoculate 2.0 4.0
8.0 response elicitor protein seed dip (1:50) Vector seed dip
inoculate 8.0 26.0 32.0 (1:50) Hypersensitive inoculate 14.0 18.0
36.0 response elicitor protein seed dip (1:100) Vector seed dip
inoculate 8.0 30.0 42.0 (1:100)
[0119] The above data shows that the hypersensitive response
elicitor protein is much more effective than the vector solution in
preventing Tomato Southern Bacteria Wilt. A hypersensitive response
elicitor protein concentration of 1:50 is more effective in disease
control.
Example 6
Treating Rice Seeds with Hypersensitive Response Elicitor Protein
to Reduce Rice Stem Rot
[0120] Rice seeds (variety, M-202) were submerged in two gallons of
hypersensitive response elicitor protein solution at a
concentration of 20 .mu.g for 24 hours at room temperature. Rice
seeds submerged in the same solution without hypersensitive
response elicitor protein were used as a control. After soaking,
the seeds were sown in a rice field by air plane spray. There were
four replicates for both hypersensitive response elicitor protein
and control treatment. The lot size of each replicate is 150
Ft.sup.2. The design of each plot was completely randomized, and
each plot had substantial level contamination of Sclerotium oryzae.
Three months after sowing, stem rot was evaluated according to the
following rating scale: Scale 1=no disease, 2=disease present on
the exterior of the leaf sheath, 3=disease penetrates leaf sheath
completely but is not present on culm, 4=disease is present on culm
exterior but does not penetrate to interior of culm, and 5=disease
penetrates to interior of culm. 40 plants from each replicate were
sampled and assessed for the disease incidence and severity. From
Table 21, it is apparent that treating seeds with hypersensitive
response elicitor reduced both disease incidence and severity. More
particularly, regarding incidence, 67% of the plants were infected
by stem rot for the control treatment, however, only 40% plants
were infected for the hypersensitive response elicitor protein
treatment. As to severity, the disease index* for the
hypersensitive response elicitor protein treatment was 34% and 60%
for the control. Accordingly, treating rice seed with
hypersensitive response elicitor protein resulted in a significant
reduction of stem rot disease. The hypersensitive response elicitor
protein-induced resistance in rice can last a season long. In
addition to disease resistance, it was also observed that
hypersensitive response elicitor protein-treated rice had little or
no damage by army worm (Spodoptera praefica). In addition, the
treated plants were larger and had deeper green color than the
control plants.
35TABLE 21 Incidence and Severity of Stem Rot (Schlerotium oryzae)
on Rice, M-202 Disease % plants given diseases rating index (%)
Treatment 1 2 3 4 5 (severity) Harpin 20 .mu.g/ml 60 5 8 18 10 34
Control 33 5 18 28 18 60 1 * Disease Index ( % ) for the harpin
treatment = 1 x60 + 2 x5 + 3 x8 + 4 x18 + 5 x10 5 x100 .times. 100
/ 100 2 * Disease Index ( % ) for the control treatment = 1 x33 + 2
x5 + 3 x18 + 4 x28 + 5 x18 5 x100x100 / 100 .times. 100 / 100
Example 7
Effect of Treating Onion Seed with Hypersensitive Response Elicitor
Protein on the Development of Onion Smut Disease (Urocystis
cepulae) and on Seedling Emergence
[0121] Onion seed, variety Pennant, (Seed Lot# 64387), obtained
from the Crookham Co., Caldwell, ID 83606, treated with
hypersensitive response elicitor protein or a control was planted
in a natural organic or "muck" soil. Some of the seedlings that
grew from the sown seed were healthy, some had lesions
characteristic of the Onion Smut disease, and some of the sown seed
did not produce seedlings that emerged from the soil. Thus, the
effect of treating onion seed with various concentrations of
hypersensitive response elicitor protein was determined.
[0122] Naturally infested muck soil was obtained from a field in
Oswego County, NY, where onions had been grown for several years
and where the Onion Smut disease commonly had been problematic.
Buckets of muck (5-gallon plastic) were stored at 4.degree. C.
until used. The soil was mixed, sieved, and put in plastic flats 10
inches wide, 20 inches long, and 2 inches deep for use in the tests
described. Based on preliminary experiments, the soil contained
many propagules of the Onion Smut fungus, Urocystis cepulae, such
that when onion seed was sown in the soil, smut lesions developed
on many of the seedlings that emerged from the soil. In addition,
the soil harbored other microorganisms, including those that cause
the "damping-off" disease. Among the several fungi that cause
damping off are Pythium, Fusarium, and Rhizoctonia species.
[0123] The hypersensitive response elicitor protein encoded by the
hrpN gene of Erwinia amylovora was used to treat seeds. It was
produced by fermentation of the cloned gene in a high-expression
vector in E. coli. Analysis of the cell-free elicitor preparation
by high-pressure liquid chromatography indicated its hypersensitive
response elicitor protein content and on that basis appropriate
dilutions were prepared in water. Seeds were soaked in a beaker
containing hypersensitive response elicitor protein concentrations
of 0, 5, 25, and 50 .mu.gm/ml of hypersensitive response elicitor
protein for 24 hours. They were removed, dried briefly on paper
towels, and sown in the muck soil. Treated seed was arranged by
row, 15 seeds in each row for each treatment; each flat contained
two replicates, and there were six replicates. Thus, a total of 90
seeds were treated with each concentration of hypersensitive
response elicitor protein. The flats containing the seeds were held
in a controlled environment chamber operating at 60.degree. F.
(15.6.degree. C.), with a 14-hour day/10-hour night. Observations
were made on seedling emergence symptoms (smut lesions). The data
were recorded 23 days after sowing.
[0124] The effect of soaking onion seed in different concentrations
of hypersensitive response elicitor protein on emergence of onion
seedlings and on the incidence of onion smut is shown in Table 22.
Only slight differences in emergence were noted, suggesting that
there is no significant effect of treating with hypersensitive
response elicitor protein at the concentrations used. Among the
seedlings that emerged, substantially more of the seeds that
received no hypersensitive response elicitor protein exhibited
symptoms of Onion Smut than seedlings that grew from seed that had
been treated with hypersensitive response elicitor protein.
Treating seed with 25 .mu.gm/ml of hypersensitive response elicitor
protein was the most effective concentration tested in reducing
Onion Smut. Thus, this example demonstrates that treating onion
seed with hypersensitive response elicitor protein reduces the
Onion Smut disease.
36TABLE 22 Effect of Treating Onion Seed With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor Protein (i.e. Harpin) on the Development of Onion
Smut Disease (Urocystis cepulae). Mean Treatment Seedlings Mean
Emerged harpin Emerged Percent Percent Percent (.mu.g/ml) (of 15)
Emerged Healthy with Smut 0 5.00 33.3 20.0 80.0 5 3.67 24.4 40.9
59.1 25 4.33.sup.1 28.8 50.0 46.2 50 4.17 27.7 44.0 56.0 .sup.1One
seedling emerged then died.
Example 8
Effect of Treating Tomato Seed with Hypersensitive Response
Elicitor Protein on the Development of Bacterial Speck of Tomato
(Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato)
[0125] Tomato seed, variety New Yorker (Seed lot# 2273-2B),
obtained from Harris Seeds, Rochester, N.Y., were treated with four
concentrations of hypersensitive response elicitor protein
(including a no-elicitor protein, water-treated control) and
planted in peatlite soil mix. After 12 days and when the seedlings
were in the second true-leaf stage, they were inoculated with the
Bacterial Speck pathogen. Ten days later, the treated and
inoculated plants were evaluated for extent of infection. Thus, the
effect of treating tomato seed with various concentrations of
hypersensitive response elicitor protein on resistance to
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato was determined.
[0126] The hypersensitive response elicitor protein encoded by the
hrpN gene of Erwinia amylovora was used to treat seeds. It was
produced by fermentation of the cloned gene in a high-expression
vector in E. coli. Analysis of the cell-free elicitor preparation
by high-pressure liquid chromatography indicated its hypersensitive
response elicitor protein content and, on that basis, appropriate
dilutions were prepared in water. Seeds were soaked in a beaker
containing hypersensitive response elicitor protein concentrations
of 0, 5, 10, and 20 .mu.gm/ml of hypersensitive response elicitor
protein for 24 hours. They were removed, dried briefly on paper
towels, and sown. The soil was a mixture of peat and Pearlite.TM.
in plastic flats 10 inches wide, 20 inches long, and 2 inches deep.
Treated seed was arranged by row, 6 seeds in each row for each
treatment; each flat contained two replicates, and there were four
replicates and thus a total of 24 seeds that were treated with each
concentration of hypersensitive response elicitor protein. The
flats containing the seeds were held in a controlled environment
chamber operating at 75.degree. F. (25.degree. C.), with a 14-hour
day/10-hour night.
[0127] When twelve-days old, the tomato seedlings were inoculated
with 10.sup.8 colony forming units/ml of the pathogen, applied as a
foliar spray. The flats containing the seedlings were covered with
a plastic dome for 48 hours after inoculation to maintain high
humidity. Observations were made on symptom severity using a rating
scale of 0-5. The rating was based on the number of lesions that
developed on the leaflets and the cotyledons and on the relative
damage caused to the plant parts by necrosis that accompanied the
lesions. The cotyledons and (true) leaflets were separately rated
for disease severity 11 days after inoculation.
[0128] The effect of soaking tomato seed in different
concentrations of hypersensitive response elicitor protein (i.e.
harpin) on the development of Bacterial Speck on leaflets and
cotyledons of tomato is shown in Table 23. The seedlings that grew
from seed treated with the highest amount of hypersensitive
response elicitor protein tested (20 .mu.gm/ml) had fewer diseased
leaflets and cotyledons than the treatments. The water-treated
control seedlings did not differ substantially from the plants
treated with the two lower concentrations of hypersensitive
response elicitor protein. Considering the disease ratings, the
results were similar. Only plants treated with the highest
concentration of hypersensitive response elicitor protein had
disease ratings that were less than those of the other treatments.
This example demonsrates that treatment of tomato seed with
hypersensitive response elicitor protein reduces the incidence and
severity of Bacterial Speck of tomato.
37TABLE 23 Effect of Treating Tomato Seed With Hypersensitive
Response Elicitor Protein (i.e. Harpin) on the Subsequent
Development of Bacterial Speck Disease (Pseudomonas syringae pv.
tomato) on Tomato Cotyledons and Tomato Leaflets Cotyledons
Leaflets Treatment Mean Mean Percent Harpin Di- Percent Disease Di-
Di- Disease (.mu.g/ml) seased Diseased Rating seased seased Rating
0 6.0/9.0 66.6 0.8 25.8/68.8 37.5 0.5 5 5.3/7.3 72.4 0.8 22.5/68.0
37.5 0.5 10 5.8/8.0 72.3 0.8 25.5/66.0 38.6 0.5 20 5.3/8.5 61.8 0.6
23.8/73.5 32.3 0.4
[0129] Although the invention has been described in detail for the
purpose of illustration, it is understood that such detail is
solely for that purpose, and variations can be made therein by
those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and
scope of the invention which is defined by the following claims.
Sequence CWU 1
1
10 1 338 PRT Erwinia chrysanthemi 1 Met Gln Ile Thr Ile Lys Ala His
Ile Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly Val Ser 1 5 10 15 Gly Leu Gly Ala Gln Gly
Leu Lys Gly Leu Asn Ser Ala Ala Ser Ser 20 25 30 Leu Gly Ser Ser
Val Asp Lys Leu Ser Ser Thr Ile Asp Lys Leu Thr 35 40 45 Ser Ala
Leu Thr Ser Met Met Phe Gly Gly Ala Leu Ala Gln Gly Leu 50 55 60
Gly Ala Ser Ser Lys Gly Leu Gly Met Ser Asn Gln Leu Gly Gln Ser 65
70 75 80 Phe Gly Asn Gly Ala Gln Gly Ala Ser Asn Leu Leu Ser Val
Pro Lys 85 90 95 Ser Gly Gly Asp Ala Leu Ser Lys Met Phe Asp Lys
Ala Leu Asp Asp 100 105 110 Leu Leu Gly His Asp Thr Val Thr Lys Leu
Thr Asn Gln Ser Asn Gln 115 120 125 Leu Ala Asn Ser Met Leu Asn Ala
Ser Gln Met Thr Gln Gly Asn Met 130 135 140 Asn Ala Phe Gly Ser Gly
Val Asn Asn Ala Leu Ser Ser Ile Leu Gly 145 150 155 160 Asn Gly Leu
Gly Gln Ser Met Ser Gly Phe Ser Gln Pro Ser Leu Gly 165 170 175 Ala
Gly Gly Leu Gln Gly Leu Ser Gly Ala Gly Ala Phe Asn Gln Leu 180 185
190 Gly Asn Ala Ile Gly Met Gly Val Gly Gln Asn Ala Ala Leu Ser Ala
195 200 205 Leu Ser Asn Val Ser Thr His Val Asp Gly Asn Asn Arg His
Phe Val 210 215 220 Asp Lys Glu Asp Arg Gly Met Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly
Gln Phe Met Asp 225 230 235 240 Gln Tyr Pro Glu Ile Phe Gly Lys Pro
Glu Tyr Gln Lys Asp Gly Trp 245 250 255 Ser Ser Pro Lys Thr Asp Asp
Lys Ser Trp Ala Lys Ala Leu Ser Lys 260 265 270 Pro Asp Asp Asp Gly
Met Thr Gly Ala Ser Met Asp Lys Phe Arg Gln 275 280 285 Ala Met Gly
Met Ile Lys Ser Ala Val Ala Gly Asp Thr Gly Asn Thr 290 295 300 Asn
Leu Asn Leu Arg Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Ser Leu Gly Ile Asp Ala 305 310
315 320 Ala Val Val Gly Asp Lys Ile Ala Asn Met Ser Leu Gly Lys Leu
Ala 325 330 335 Asn Ala 2 2141 DNA Erwinia chrysanthemi 2
cgattttacc cgggtgaacg tgctatgacc gacagcatca cggtattcga caccgttacg
60 gcgtttatgg ccgcgatgaa ccggcatcag gcggcgcgct ggtcgccgca
atccggcgtc 120 gatctggtat ttcagtttgg ggacaccggg cgtgaactca
tgatgcagat tcagccgggg 180 cagcaatatc ccggcatgtt gcgcacgctg
ctcgctcgtc gttatcagca ggcggcagag 240 tgcgatggct gccatctgtg
cctgaacggc agcgatgtat tgatcctctg gtggccgctg 300 ccgtcggatc
ccggcagtta tccgcaggtg atcgaacgtt tgtttgaact ggcgggaatg 360
acgttgccgt cgctatccat agcaccgacg gcgcgtccgc agacagggaa cggacgcgcc
420 cgatcattaa gataaaggcg gcttttttta ttgcaaaacg gtaacggtga
ggaaccgttt 480 caccgtcggc gtcactcagt aacaagtatc catcatgatg
cctacatcgg gatcggcgtg 540 ggcatccgtt gcagatactt ttgcgaacac
ctgacatgaa tgaggaaacg aaattatgca 600 aattacgatc aaagcgcaca
tcggcggtga tttgggcgtc tccggtctgg ggctgggtgc 660 tcagggactg
aaaggactga attccgcggc ttcatcgctg ggttccagcg tggataaact 720
gagcagcacc atcgataagt tgacctccgc gctgacttcg atgatgtttg gcggcgcgct
780 ggcgcagggg ctgggcgcca gctcgaaggg gctggggatg agcaatcaac
tgggccagtc 840 tttcggcaat ggcgcgcagg gtgcgagcaa cctgctatcc
gtaccgaaat ccggcggcga 900 tgcgttgtca aaaatgtttg ataaagcgct
ggacgatctg ctgggtcatg acaccgtgac 960 caagctgact aaccagagca
accaactggc taattcaatg ctgaacgcca gccagatgac 1020 ccagggtaat
atgaatgcgt tcggcagcgg tgtgaacaac gcactgtcgt ccattctcgg 1080
caacggtctc ggccagtcga tgagtggctt ctctcagcct tctctggggg caggcggctt
1140 gcagggcctg agcggcgcgg gtgcattcaa ccagttgggt aatgccatcg
gcatgggcgt 1200 ggggcagaat gctgcgctga gtgcgttgag taacgtcagc
acccacgtag acggtaacaa 1260 ccgccacttt gtagataaag aagatcgcgg
catggcgaaa gagatcggcc agtttatgga 1320 tcagtatccg gaaatattcg
gtaaaccgga ataccagaaa gatggctgga gttcgccgaa 1380 gacggacgac
aaatcctggg ctaaagcgct gagtaaaccg gatgatgacg gtatgaccgg 1440
cgccagcatg gacaaattcc gtcaggcgat gggtatgatc aaaagcgcgg tggcgggtga
1500 taccggcaat accaacctga acctgcgtgg cgcgggcggt gcatcgctgg
gtatcgatgc 1560 ggctgtcgtc ggcgataaaa tagccaacat gtcgctgggt
aagctggcca acgcctgata 1620 atctgtgctg gcctgataaa gcggaaacga
aaaaagagac ggggaagcct gtctcttttc 1680 ttattatgcg gtttatgcgg
ttacctggac cggttaatca tcgtcatcga tctggtacaa 1740 acgcacattt
tcccgttcat tcgcgtcgtt acgcgccaca atcgcgatgg catcttcctc 1800
gtcgctcaga ttgcgcggct gatggggaac gccgggtgga atatagagaa actcgccggc
1860 cagatggaga cacgtctgcg ataaatctgt gccgtaacgt gtttctatcc
gcccctttag 1920 cagatagatt gcggtttcgt aatcaacatg gtaatgcggt
tccgcctgtg cgccggccgg 1980 gatcaccaca atattcatag aaagctgtct
tgcacctacc gtatcgcggg agataccgac 2040 aaaatagggc agtttttgcg
tggtatccgt ggggtgttcc ggcctgacaa tcttgagttg 2100 gttcgtcatc
atctttctcc atctgggcga cctgatcggt t 2141 3 403 PRT Erwinia amylovora
3 Met Ser Leu Asn Thr Ser Gly Leu Gly Ala Ser Thr Met Gln Ile Ser 1
5 10 15 Ile Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly Asn Asn Gly Leu Leu Gly Thr Ser Arg
Gln 20 25 30 Asn Ala Gly Leu Gly Gly Asn Ser Ala Leu Gly Leu Gly
Gly Gly Asn 35 40 45 Gln Asn Asp Thr Val Asn Gln Leu Ala Gly Leu
Leu Thr Gly Met Met 50 55 60 Met Met Met Ser Met Met Gly Gly Gly
Gly Leu Met Gly Gly Gly Leu 65 70 75 80 Gly Gly Gly Leu Gly Asn Gly
Leu Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Leu Gly Glu 85 90 95 Gly Leu Ser Asn Ala
Leu Asn Asp Met Leu Gly Gly Ser Leu Asn Thr 100 105 110 Leu Gly Ser
Lys Gly Gly Asn Asn Thr Thr Ser Thr Thr Asn Ser Pro 115 120 125 Leu
Asp Gln Ala Leu Gly Ile Asn Ser Thr Ser Gln Asn Asp Asp Ser 130 135
140 Thr Ser Gly Thr Asp Ser Thr Ser Asp Ser Ser Asp Pro Met Gln Gln
145 150 155 160 Leu Leu Lys Met Phe Ser Glu Ile Met Gln Ser Leu Phe
Gly Asp Gly 165 170 175 Gln Asp Gly Thr Gln Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Gly
Lys Gln Pro Thr Glu 180 185 190 Gly Glu Gln Asn Ala Tyr Lys Lys Gly
Val Thr Asp Ala Leu Ser Gly 195 200 205 Leu Met Gly Asn Gly Leu Ser
Gln Leu Leu Gly Asn Gly Gly Leu Gly 210 215 220 Gly Gly Gln Gly Gly
Asn Ala Gly Thr Gly Leu Asp Gly Ser Ser Leu 225 230 235 240 Gly Gly
Lys Gly Leu Gln Asn Leu Ser Gly Pro Val Asp Tyr Gln Gln 245 250 255
Leu Gly Asn Ala Val Gly Thr Gly Ile Gly Met Lys Ala Gly Ile Gln 260
265 270 Ala Leu Asn Asp Ile Gly Thr His Arg His Ser Ser Thr Arg Ser
Phe 275 280 285 Val Asn Lys Gly Asp Arg Ala Met Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly
Gln Phe Met 290 295 300 Asp Gln Tyr Pro Glu Val Phe Gly Lys Pro Gln
Tyr Gln Lys Gly Pro 305 310 315 320 Gly Gln Glu Val Lys Thr Asp Asp
Lys Ser Trp Ala Lys Ala Leu Ser 325 330 335 Lys Pro Asp Asp Asp Gly
Met Thr Pro Ala Ser Met Glu Gln Phe Asn 340 345 350 Lys Ala Lys Gly
Met Ile Lys Arg Pro Met Ala Gly Asp Thr Gly Asn 355 360 365 Gly Asn
Leu Gln Ala Arg Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ser Leu Gly Ile Asp 370 375 380
Ala Met Met Ala Gly Asp Ala Ile Asn Asn Met Ala Leu Gly Lys Leu 385
390 395 400 Gly Ala Ala 4 1288 DNA Erwinia amylovora 4 aagcttcggc
atggcacgtt tgaccgttgg gtcggcaggg tacgtttgaa ttattcataa 60
gaggaatacg ttatgagtct gaatacaagt gggctgggag cgtcaacgat gcaaatttct
120 atcggcggtg cgggcggaaa taacgggttg ctgggtacca gtcgccagaa
tgctgggttg 180 ggtggcaatt ctgcactggg gctgggcggc ggtaatcaaa
atgataccgt caatcagctg 240 gctggcttac tcaccggcat gatgatgatg
atgagcatga tgggcggtgg tgggctgatg 300 ggcggtggct taggcggtgg
cttaggtaat ggcttgggtg gctcaggtgg cctgggcgaa 360 ggactgtcga
acgcgctgaa cgatatgtta ggcggttcgc tgaacacgct gggctcgaaa 420
ggcggcaaca ataccacttc aacaacaaat tccccgctgg accaggcgct gggtattaac
480 tcaacgtccc aaaacgacga ttccacctcc ggcacagatt ccacctcaga
ctccagcgac 540 ccgatgcagc agctgctgaa gatgttcagc gagataatgc
aaagcctgtt tggtgatggg 600 caagatggca cccagggcag ttcctctggg
ggcaagcagc cgaccgaagg cgagcagaac 660 gcctataaaa aaggagtcac
tgatgcgctg tcgggcctga tgggtaatgg tctgagccag 720 ctccttggca
acgggggact gggaggtggt cagggcggta atgctggcac gggtcttgac 780
ggttcgtcgc tgggcggcaa agggctgcaa aacctgagcg ggccggtgga ctaccagcag
840 ttaggtaacg ccgtgggtac cggtatcggt atgaaagcgg gcattcaggc
gctgaatgat 900 atcggtacgc acaggcacag ttcaacccgt tctttcgtca
ataaaggcga tcgggcgatg 960 gcgaaggaaa tcggtcagtt catggaccag
tatcctgagg tgtttggcaa gccgcagtac 1020 cagaaaggcc cgggtcagga
ggtgaaaacc gatgacaaat catgggcaaa agcactgagc 1080 aagccagatg
acgacggaat gacaccagcc agtatggagc agttcaacaa agccaagggc 1140
atgatcaaaa ggcccatggc gggtgatacc ggcaacggca acctgcaggc acgcggtgcc
1200 ggtggttctt cgctgggtat tgatgccatg atggccggtg atgccattaa
caatatggca 1260 cttggcaagc tgggcgcggc ttaagctt 1288 5 5 000 6 1026
DNA Pseudomonas syringae 6 atgcagagtc tcagtcttaa cagcagctcg
ctgcaaaccc cggcaatggc ccttgtcctg 60 gtacgtcctg aagccgagac
gactggcagt acgtcgagca aggcgcttca ggaagttgtc 120 gtgaagctgg
ccgaggaact gatgcgcaat ggtcaactcg acgacagctc gccattggga 180
aaactgttgg ccaagtcgat ggccgcagat ggcaaggcgg gcggcggtat tgaggatgtc
240 atcgctgcgc tggacaagct gatccatgaa aagctcggtg acaacttcgg
cgcgtctgcg 300 gacagcgcct cgggtaccgg acagcaggac ctgatgactc
aggtgctcaa tggcctggcc 360 aagtcgatgc tcgatgatct tctgaccaag
caggatggcg ggacaagctt ctccgaagac 420 gatatgccga tgctgaacaa
gatcgcgcag ttcatggatg acaatcccgc acagtttccc 480 aagccggact
cgggctcctg ggtgaacgaa ctcaaggaag acaacttcct tgatggcgac 540
gaaacggctg cgttccgttc ggcactcgac atcattggcc agcaactggg taatcagcag
600 agtgacgctg gcagtctggc agggacgggt ggaggtctgg gcactccgag
cagtttttcc 660 aacaactcgt ccgtgatggg tgatccgctg atcgacgcca
ataccggtcc cggtgacagc 720 ggcaataccc gtggtgaagc ggggcaactg
atcggcgagc ttatcgaccg tggcctgcaa 780 tcggtattgg ccggtggtgg
actgggcaca cccgtaaaca ccccgcagac cggtacgtcg 840 gcgaatggcg
gacagtccgc tcaggatctt gatcagttgc tgggcggctt gctgctcaag 900
ggcctggagg caacgctcaa ggatgccggg caaacaggca ccgacgtgca gtcgagcgct
960 gcgcaaatcg ccaccttgct ggtcagtacg ctgctgcaag gcacccgcaa
tcaggctgca 1020 gcctga 1026 7 344 PRT Pseudomonas solanacearum 7
Met Ser Val Gly Asn Ile Gln Ser Pro Ser Asn Leu Pro Gly Leu Gln 1 5
10 15 Asn Leu Asn Leu Asn Thr Asn Thr Asn Ser Gln Gln Ser Gly Gln
Ser 20 25 30 Val Gln Asp Leu Ile Lys Gln Val Glu Lys Asp Ile Leu
Asn Ile Ile 35 40 45 Ala Ala Leu Val Gln Lys Ala Ala Gln Ser Ala
Gly Gly Asn Thr Gly 50 55 60 Asn Thr Gly Asn Ala Pro Ala Lys Asp
Gly Asn Ala Asn Ala Gly Ala 65 70 75 80 Asn Asp Pro Ser Lys Asn Asp
Pro Ser Lys Ser Gln Ala Pro Gln Ser 85 90 95 Ala Asn Lys Thr Gly
Asn Val Asp Asp Ala Asn Asn Gln Asp Pro Met 100 105 110 Gln Ala Leu
Met Gln Leu Leu Glu Asp Leu Val Lys Leu Leu Lys Ala 115 120 125 Ala
Leu His Met Gln Gln Pro Gly Gly Asn Asp Lys Gly Asn Gly Val 130 135
140 Gly Gly Ala Asn Gly Ala Lys Gly Ala Gly Gly Gln Gly Gly Leu Ala
145 150 155 160 Glu Ala Leu Gln Glu Ile Glu Gln Ile Leu Ala Gln Leu
Gly Gly Gly 165 170 175 Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly Gly Val
Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly 180 185 190 Ala Asp Gly Gly Ser Gly Ala Gly Gly
Ala Gly Gly Ala Asn Gly Ala 195 200 205 Asp Gly Gly Asn Gly Val Asn
Gly Asn Gln Ala Asn Gly Pro Gln Asn 210 215 220 Ala Gly Asp Val Asn
Gly Ala Asn Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Ser Glu Asp 225 230 235 240 Gln Gly
Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Leu Gln Lys Leu Met Lys Ile Leu Asn 245 250 255
Ala Leu Val Gln Met Met Gln Gln Gly Gly Leu Gly Gly Gly Asn Gln 260
265 270 Ala Gln Gly Gly Ser Lys Gly Ala Gly Asn Ala Ser Pro Ala Ser
Gly 275 280 285 Ala Asn Pro Gly Ala Asn Gln Pro Gly Ser Ala Asp Asp
Gln Ser Ser 290 295 300 Gly Gln Asn Asn Leu Gln Ser Gln Ile Met Asp
Val Val Lys Glu Val 305 310 315 320 Val Gln Ile Leu Gln Gln Met Leu
Ala Ala Gln Asn Gly Gly Ser Gln 325 330 335 Gln Ser Thr Ser Thr Gln
Pro Met 340 8 1035 DNA Pseudomonas solanacearum 8 atgtcagtcg
gaaacatcca gagcccgtcg aacctcccgg gtctgcagaa cctgaacctc 60
aacaccaaca ccaacagcca gcaatcgggc cagtccgtgc aagacctgat caagcaggtc
120 gagaaggaca tcctcaacat catcgcagcc ctcgtgcaga aggccgcaca
gtcggcgggc 180 ggcaacaccg gtaacaccgg caacgcgccg gcgaaggacg
gcaatgccaa cgcgggcgcc 240 aacgacccga gcaagaacga cccgagcaag
agccaggctc cgcagtcggc caacaagacc 300 ggcaacgtcg acgacgccaa
caaccaggat ccgatgcaag cgctgatgca gctgctggaa 360 gacctggtga
agctgctgaa ggcggccctg cacatgcagc agcccggcgg caatgacaag 420
ggcaacggcg tgggcggtgc caacggcgcc aagggtgccg gcggccaggg cggcctggcc
480 gaagcgctgc aggagatcga gcagatcctc gcccagctcg gcggcggcgg
tgctggcgcc 540 ggcggcgcgg gtggcggtgt cggcggtgct ggtggcgcgg
atggcggctc cggtgcgggt 600 ggcgcaggcg gtgcgaacgg cgccgacggc
ggcaatggcg tgaacggcaa ccaggcgaac 660 ggcccgcaga acgcaggcga
tgtcaacggt gccaacggcg cggatgacgg cagcgaagac 720 cagggcggcc
tcaccggcgt gctgcaaaag ctgatgaaga tcctgaacgc gctggtgcag 780
atgatgcagc aaggcggcct cggcggcggc aaccaggcgc agggcggctc gaagggtgcc
840 ggcaacgcct cgccggcttc cggcgcgaac ccgggcgcga accagcccgg
ttcggcggat 900 gatcaatcgt ccggccagaa caatctgcaa tcccagatca
tggatgtggt gaaggaggtc 960 gtccagatcc tgcagcagat gctggcggcg
cagaacggcg gcagccagca gtccacctcg 1020 acgcagccga tgtaa 1035 9 26
PRT Xanthomonas campestris 9 Thr Leu Ile Glu Leu Met Ile Val Val
Ala Ile Ile Ala Ile Leu Ala 1 5 10 15 Ala Ile Ala Leu Pro Ala Tyr
Gln Asp Tyr 20 25 10 20 PRT Xanthomonas campestris 10 Ser Ser Gln
Gln Ser Pro Ser Ala Gly Ser Glu Gln Gln Leu Asp Gln 1 5 10 15 Leu
Leu Ala Met 20
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