Functional identification of phenazine biosynthesis genes in plant pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

作     者：LI Wen XU You-ping Jean-Pierre Munyampundu XU Xin QI Xian-fei GU Yuan CAI Xin-zhong LI Wen;XU You-ping;Jean-Pierre Munyampundu;XU Xin;QI Xian-fei;GU Yuan;CAI Xin-zhong;Institute of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University;Center of Analysis and Measurement, Zhejiang University;State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University

作者机构：Institute of Biotechnology College of Agriculture and Biotechnology Zhejiang University Center of Analysis and Measurement Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology Zhejiang University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》 (农业科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第15卷第4期

页      面：812-821页

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学科分类：09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 090401[农学-植物病理学] 

基　　金：supported by the grants from the Genetically Modified Organisms Breeding Major Projects, China (2014ZX0800905B) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China the Program for New Century 151 Talents of Zhejiang Province, China 

主　　题：pathogenicity phenazine biosynthesis genes phenazine-l-carboxylic acid plant pathogenic bacteria,Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae 

摘      要：Phenazines are secondary metabolites with broad spectrum antibiotic activity and thus show high potential in biological control of pathogens. In this study, we identified phenazine biosynthesis （phz） genes in two genome-completed plant pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato （Pst） DC3000 and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae （Xoo） PXO99A. Unlike the phz genes in typical phenazine-producing pseudomonads, phz homologs in Pst DC3000 and Xoo PXO99A consisted of phzC/D/E/F/G and phzC/E1/E2/F/G, respectively, and the both were not organized into an operon. Detection experiments demonstrated that phenazine-l-carboxylic acid （PCA） of Pst DC3000 accumulated to 13.4 IJg L-1, while that of Xoo PXO99A was almost undetectable. Moreover, Pst DC3000 was resistant to 1 mg mL-1 PCA, while Xoo PXO99A was sensitive to 50 IJg mL ~ PCA. Furthermore, mutation of phzF blocked the PCA production and significantly reduced the pathogenicity of Pst DC3000 in tomato, while the complementary strains restored these phenotypes. These results revealed that Pst DC3000 produces low level of and is resistant to phenazines and thus is unable to be biologically controlled by phenazines. Additionally, phz-mediated PCA production is required for full pathogenicity of Pst DC3000. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PCA production and its function in pathogenicity of a plant pathogenic P. syringae strain.