A split GAL4 RUBY assay for visual in planta detection of protein-protein interactions.
Plant J
; 114(6): 1209-1226, 2023 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are a fundamental process in cellular biogenesis. Here we have developed a split GAL4 RUBY assay that enables macroscopically visual PPI detection in plant leaves in real time. Candidate interacting protein partners are fused to specific domains of the yeast GAL4 and herpes simplex virus VP16 transcription factors and transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamina leaves by Agrobacterium infiltration. PPI, that may be either direct or indirect, results in transcriptional activation of a RUBY reporter gene leading to the production of the highly visual metabolite, betalain, in leaf tissue of living plants. Samples require no processing for in planta visual qualitative assessment, but with very simple processing steps the assay is quantitative. Its accuracy is demonstrated using a series of known interacting protein partners and mutant derivatives including transcription factors, signalling molecules and plant resistance proteins with cognate pathogen effectors. Using this assay, association between the wheat Sr27 stem rust disease resistance protein and corresponding AvrSr27 avirulence effector family produced by the rust pathogen is detected. Interaction is also observed between this resistance protein and the effector encoded by the corresponding avrSr27-3 virulence allele. However, this association appears weaker in the split GAL4 RUBY assay, which coupled with lower avrSr27-3 expression during stem rust infection, likely enables virulent races of the rust pathogen to avoid Sr27-mediated detection.
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Basidiomycota
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Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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En
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Plant J
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BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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BOTANICA
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2023
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Article