Genome-Wide Identification of Plant-Upregulated Genes of Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 Using a GFP-Based IVET Leaf Array
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- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
- Vol. 17 (9), 999-1008
- https://doi.org/10.1094/mpmi.2004.17.9.999
Abstract
A green fluorescent protein-based in vivo expression technology leaf array was used to identify genes in Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 that were specifically upregulated in plants compared with growth in a laboratory culture medium. Of 10,000 E. chrysanthemi 3937 clones, 61 were confirmed as plant upregulated. On the basis of sequence similarity, these were recognized with probable functions in metabolism (20%), information transfer (15%), regulation (11%), transport (11%), cell processes (11%), and transposases (2%); the function for the remainder (30%) is unknown. Upregulated genes included transcriptional regulators, iron uptake systems, chemotaxis components, transporters, stress response genes, and several already known or new putative virulence factors. Ten independent mutants were constructed by insertions in these plant-upregulated genes and flanking genes. Two different virulence assays, local leaf maceration and systemic invasion in African violet, were used to evaluate these mutants. Among these, mutants of a purM homolog from Escherichia coli (purM∷Tn5), and hrpB, hrcJ, and a hrpD homologs from the Erwinia carotovorum hrpA operon (hrpB∷Tn5, hrcJ∷Tn5, and hrpD∷Tn5) exhibited reduced abilities to produce local and systemic maceration of the plant host. Mutants of rhiT from E. chrysanthemi (rhiT∷ Tn5), and an eutR homolog from Salmonella typhimurium (eutR∷Tn5) showed decreased ability to cause systemic inva sion on African violet. However, compared with the wild-type E. chrysanthemi 3937, these mutants exhibited no significant differences in local leaf maceration. The pheno type of hrpB∷Tn5, hrcC∷Tn5, and hrpD∷Tn5 mutants further confirmed our previous findings that hrp genes are crucial virulence determinants in E. chrysanthemi 3937.Keywords
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