Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Two nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus modulate host immunity via transcriptional reprogramming
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19624-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Effector binding elements (EBEs) targeted by MoHTR1 and MoHTR2 were identified using a protein binding microarray. Each MoHTR-Δsp:DsRed (R) protein produced using E . coli was applied to DNA chip containing quadrupled 9-mer nucleotides. The EBE for each protein was identified based on the fluorescent intensity from the group of elements containing the same 8-mer nucleotide. b Effect of a single nucleotide mismatch in each EBE on the binding affinity to MoHTR. The line denoted using + indicates the signal intensity from EBE without variation. Bars represent the average signal intensity from individual EBE variants with each carrying a different single-nucleotide mismatch (noted in x -axis). c Schematic representation of a yeast one-hybrid assay used for detecting MoHTR–EBE interaction and resulting data. NLS:AD:MoHTR-Δsp was expressed under the ADH1 promoter. NLS, a nuclear localization signal from the Simian Virus 40 large T antigen; AD, GAL4 activation domain. The reporter, β-galactosidase (GAL), was placed under the recombinant promoter comprised of an EBE-centered 38-bp fragment and a minimal cytochrome C1 promoter (CYC1). GAL expression was activated when NLS:AD:MoHTR-Δsp binds to its EBE in the promoter. pLacZi was used as a negative control. d Validation for binding of MoHTRs and target promoters in planta. LUC was regulated by the corresponding gene promoter. Activation domain of TAL effector (AD) was linked to MoHTR -Δsp and expressed under the 35S CaMV promoter. e Relative LUC activities in rice protoplasts transfected with AD-linked MoHTR -Δsp were compared with those transfected with the EV and corresponding reporter vector (M4: OsMYB4 promoter, W45: OsWRKY45 promoter). n = 3 independently transfected protoplasts; mean ± standard deviation (SD); * P < 0.01, two-sided Student’s t -tests. Source data underlying Fig. 3e are provided as a Source Data file.
Article Snippet: The DNA microarray used contains 232,145 probes that consist of quadruple 9-mer oligonucleotides and cover all possible 9-mer sequences (Agilent Technology).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Protein Binding, Microarray, Produced, Y1H Assay, Activation Assay, Recombinant, Expressing, Negative Control, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Standard Deviation