An N-acetylglucosamine transporter required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in rice and maize
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Authors
Nadal, M
Sawers, R
Naseem, S
Bassin, B
Kulicke, C
Sharman, A
An, G
An, K
Ahern, KR
Romag, A
Brutnell, TP
Gutjahr, C
Geldner, N
Roux, C
Martinoia, E
Konopka, JB
Publication Date
2017-05-26Journal Title
Nature Plants
ISSN
2055-026X
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Volume
3
Number
17073
Language
English
Type
Article
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Nadal, M., Sawers, R., Naseem, S., Bassin, B., Kulicke, C., Sharman, A., An, G., et al. (2017). An N-acetylglucosamine transporter required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in rice and maize. Nature Plants, 3 (17073) https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.73
Abstract
Most terrestrial plants, including crops, engage in beneficial interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Vital to the association is mutual recognition involving the release of diffusible signals into the rhizosphere. Previously, we identified the maize $\textit{no perception 1}$ ($\textit{nope1}$) mutant to be defective in early signalling. Here, we report cloning of $\textit{ZmNope1}$ on the basis of synteny with rice. $\textit{NOPE1}$ encodes a functional homologue of the $\textit{Candida albicans}$ $N$-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) transporter $\textit{NGT1}$, and represents the first plasma membrane GlcNAc transporter identified from plants. In $\textit{C. albicans}$, exposure to GlcNAc activates cell signalling and virulence. Similarly, in $\textit{Rhizophagus irregularis}$ treatment with rice wild-type but not $\textit{nope1}$ root exudates induced transcriptome changes associated with signalling function, suggesting a requirement of NOPE1 function for presymbiotic fungal reprogramming.
Sponsorship
Research in the U.P. laboratories was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation grants 3100A0- 104132, PP00A-110874, PP00P3-130704 and by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation grant RG60824. S.N. and J.B.K. were supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01GM116048).
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N008723/1)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/P003419/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.73
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/265008
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