The small GTPase, nucleolar GTP-binding protein 1 (NOG1), has a novel role in plant innate immunity

Seonghee Lee, Muthappa Senthil-Kumar, Miyoung Kang, Clemencia M. Rojas, Yuhong Tang, Sunhee Oh, Swarup Roy Choudhury, Hee Kyung Lee, Yasuhiro Ishiga, Randy D. Allen, Sona Pandey, Kirankumar S. Mysore

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Abstract

Plant defense responses at stomata and apoplast are the most important early events during plant-bacteria interactions. The key components for the signaling of stomatal defense and nonhost resistance have not been fully characterized. Here we report the newly identified small GTPase, Nucleolar GTP-binding protein 1 (NOG1), functions for plant immunity against bacterial pathogens. Virus-induced gene silencing of NOG1 compromised nonhost resistance in N. benthamiana and tomato. Comparative genomic analysis showed that two NOG1 copies are present in all known plant species: NOG1-1 and NOG1-2. Gene downregulation and overexpression studies of NOG1-1 and NOG1-2 in Arabidopsis revealed the novel function of these genes in nonhost resistance and stomatal defense against bacterial pathogens, respectively. Specially, NOG1-2 regulates guard cell signaling in response to biotic and abiotic stimuli through jasmonic acid (JA)- and abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated pathways. The results here provide valuable information on the new functional role of small GTPase, NOG1, in guard cell signaling and early plant defense in response to bacterial pathogens.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9260
JournalScientific reports
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017

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