The molecular characterization of two barley proteins establishes the novel PR-17 family of pathogenesis-related proteins.

Summary Two barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cDNA clones (pBH6-12 and pBH6-17) were isolated from a cDNA library prepared from leaves 6 h after inoculation with Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei (Bgh). The two transcripts accumulate strongly in response to Bgh, peaking around 6, 15-24 and 48-96 h after inoculation, concomitant with fungal penetration attempts, hypersensitive response and fungal growth. The encoded proteins, HvPR-17a and HvPR-17b, belong to a new family of plant pathogenesis-related proteins, designated 'PR-17'. The family also include NtPRp27 from tobacco (Okushima et al., 2000, Plant Mol. Biol.42, 479-488) and WCI-5 from wheat (Görlach et al., 1996, Plant Cell8, 629-643), responsive to viral and fungal infection, respectively. Antisera were raised to HvPR-17a and HvPR-17b, and the proteins exhibit apparent molecular weights of 26 and 24 kDa, respectively. They accumulate in the mesophyll apoplast following Bgh-inoculation, as well as in the leaf epidermis, the only tissue to be invaded by the fungus. Several homologous plant proteins exist, and a highly conserved part of the members of this new protein family show similarity to the active site and to the peptide-binding groove of the exopeptidase 'aminopeptidase N' from eukaryotes and the endopeptidase 'thermolysin' from bacteria.

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