Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) secretes transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) to activate rice susceptibility (S) genes, causing bacterial blight (BB), as well as resistance (R) genes, leading to defense against BB. This activation follows a gene-for-gene paradigm that results in an arms race between the TALE of the pathogen and effector-binding elements (EBEs) in the promoters of host genes. In this study, we characterized a novel TALE, designated Tal6b/AvrXa27A, that activates the rice S gene OsSWEET11a and the rice R gene Xa27. Tal6b/AvrXa27A is a member of the AvrXa27/TalAO class and contains 16 repeat variable diresidues (RVDs); one RVD is altered and one is deleted in Tal6b/AvrXa27A compared with AvrXa27, a known avirulence (avr) effector of Xa27. Tal6b/AvrXa27A can transcriptionally activate the expression of Xa27 and OsSWEET11a via EBEs in their corresponding promoters, leading to effector-triggered immunity and susceptibility, respectively. The 16 RVDs in Tal6b/AvrXa27A have no obvious similarity to the 24 RVDs in the effector PthXo1, but EBE and EBE are overlapped in the OsSWEET11a promoter. Tal6b/AvrXa27A is prevalent among Asian Xoo isolates, but PthXo1 has only been reported in the Philippine strain PXO99. Genome editing of EBE in the OsSWEET11a promoter further confirmed the requirement for OsSWEET11a expression in Tal6b/AvrXa27A-dependent susceptibility to Xoo. Moreover, Tal6b/AvrXa27A resulted in higher transcription of Xa27 than of OsSWEET11a, which led to a strong, rapid resistance response that blocked disease development. These findings suggest that Tal6b/AvrXa27A has a dual function: triggering resistance by activating Xa27 gene expression as an avirulence factor and inducing transcription of the S gene OsSWEET11a, resulting in virulence. Intriguingly, Tal6b/AvrXa27A, but not AvrXa27, can bind to the promoter of OsSWEET11a. The underlying recognition mechanism for this binding remains unclear but appears to deviate from the currently accepted TALE code.
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