The Xylanase Inhibitor TAXI-I Increases Plant Resistance to by Inhibiting the BcXyn11a Xylanase Necrotizing Activity.

Plants (Basel)

Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), Research Group in Plant Pathology, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.

Published: May 2020

During host plant infection, pathogens produce a wide array of cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) to break the plant cell wall. Among CWDEs, xylanases are key enzymes in the degradation of xylan, the main component of hemicellulose. Targeted deletion experiments support the direct involvement of the xylanase BcXyn11a in the pathogenesis of . Since the xylanase inhibitor-I (TAXI-I) has been shown to inhibit BcXyn11a, we verified if TAXI-I could be exploited to counteract infections. With this aim, we first produced plants transiently expressing TAXI-I, observing increased resistance to . Subsequently, we transformed to express TAXI-I constitutively, and we obtained three transgenic lines exhibiting a variable amount of TAXI-I. The line with the higher level of TAXI-I showed increased resistance to and the absence of necrotic lesions when infiltrated with BcXyn11a. Finally, in a droplet application experiment on wild-type leaves, TAXI-I prevented the necrotizing activity of BcXyn11a. These results would confirm that the contribution of BcXyn11a to virulence is due to its necrotizing rather than enzymatic activity. In conclusion, our experiments highlight the ability of the TAXI-I xylanase inhibitor to counteract infection presumably by preventing the necrotizing activity of BcXyn11a.

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