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PMID:12650452

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Yu, D, Fan, B, MacFarlane, SA and Chen, Z (2003) Analysis of the involvement of an inducible Arabidopsis RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in antiviral defense. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 16:206-16

Abstract

RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) have been implicated in posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) and antiviral defense. An Arabidopsis RdRP (SDE1/SGS2) has been previously shown to be required for transgene-induced PTGS but has no general role in antiviral defense. On the other hand, we have recently shown that transgenic tobacco deficient in an inducible RdRP (NtRdRP1) activity became more susceptible to both Tobacco mosaic virus and Potato virus X. Thus, different RdRPs may have distinct roles in closely related PTGS and antiviral defense. In the present study, we analyzed roles of a newly identified Arabidopsis RdRP gene (AtRdRP1) in plant antiviral defense. AtRdRP1 encodes an RdRP closely related structurally to NtRdRP1 and is also induced by salicylic acid treatment and virus infection. A T-DNA insertion mutant for AtRdRP1 has been isolated and analyzed for possible alterations in response to viral infection. When infected by a tobamovirus and a tobravirus, the knockout mutant accumulated higher and more persistent levels of viral RNAs in both the lower, inoculated and in upper, systemically infected leaves than did wild-type plants. These results suggest that the inducible AtRdRP1 is the Arabidopsis ortholog of NtRdRP1 and plays a role in antiviral defense. Examination of short viral RNAs and silencing studies using a viral vector harboring an endogenous plant gene suggest that, while not required for virus-induced PTGS, AtRdRP1 can apparently promote turnover of viral RNAs in infected plants.

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PubMed Online version:10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.3.206

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence; Arabidopsis/enzymology; Arabidopsis/genetics; Arabidopsis/virology; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects; Immunity, Innate/genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases/genetics; Plant Diseases/virology; Plant Proteins/genetics; Plant Proteins/metabolism; Potexvirus/growth & development; RNA Replicase/genetics; RNA Replicase/metabolism; Salicylic Acid/pharmacology; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Tobacco Mosaic Virus/growth & development

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