The secretory pathway of G. max performs a prominent role in its defense to H. glycines parasitism, a finding reinforced by the identification of the SNARE-associated gene ALPHA-SNAP-5 being rhg1. Other proteins performing important roles in secretion are Sec61-ALPHA, Sec61-BETA and Sec61-GAMMA which bind to form a trimeric complex that imports proteins into the ER for their eventual secretion. Comparative analyses to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sec61ALPHA, Sec61BETA and Sec61GAMMA proteins, respectively, shows G. max has 4 Sec61-ALPHA, 9 Sec61-BETA and4 Sec61-GAMMA proteins. At least one paralog from each gene family is expressed in H. glycines-parasitized root cells in G. max, but while undergoing a defense process. The overexpression of one selected Sec61-ALPHA, Sec61-BETA and Sec61-GAMMA in the H. glycines-susceptible genotype G. max[Williams 82/PI 518671] leads to an engineered defense response. In contrast, RNAi of the same selected Sec61-ALPHA, Sec61-BETA and Sec61-GAMMA genes in the H. glycines-resistant genotype G. max[Peking/PI 548402] leads to an engineered susceptible response. The combined opposite outcomes of the Sec61-ALPHA, Sec61-BETA and Sec61-GAMMA gene overexpression and RNAi provides evidence that they function in the defense process, consistent with the hypothesis that the G. max secretion system plays a role in its defense to H. glycines parasitism.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-6157 |
| Date | 30 April 2021 |
| Creators | Troell, Hallie Alyssa |
| Publisher | Scholars Junction |
| Source Sets | Mississippi State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
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