A Novel Soybean Dirigent Gene GmDIR22 Contributes to Promotion of Lignan Biosynthesis and Enhances Resistance to Phytophthora sojae

作者：Ninghui Li, Ming Zhao, Tengfei Liu, Lidong Dong, Qun Cheng, Junjiang Wu, Le Wang, Xi Chen, Chuanzhong Zhang, Wencheng Lu, Pengfei Xu, Shuzhen Zhang · 发表于：Frontiers in Plant Science · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.3389/fpls.2017.01185 · 被引用次数：116 · 研究领域：Plant-derived Lignans Synthesis and Bioactivity、Plant Parasitism and Resistance、Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

Phytophthora root and stem rot caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae is a destructive disease of soybean worldwide. Plant dirigent proteins (DIR) are proposed to have roles in biosynthesis of either lignan or lignin-like molecules, and are important for defense responses, secondary metabolism, and pathogen resistance. In the present work, a novel DIR gene expressed sequence tag (EST) is identified as up-regulated in the highly resistant soybean cultivar ‘Suinong 10’ inoculated with P. sojae. The full length cDNA is isolated using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), and designated GmDIR22 (GenBank accession no. HQ_993047). The full length GmDIR22 is 789 bp and contains a 567 bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 188 amino acids. The sequence analysis indicated that GmDIR22 contains a conserved dirigent domain at amino acid residues 43–187. The quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR demonstrated that soybean GmDIR22 mRNA is expressed most highly in stems, followed by roots and leaves. The treatments with stresses demonstrated that GmDIR22 is significantly induced by P. sojae and gibberellic acid (GA3), and also responds to salicylic acid (SA), methyl jasmonic acid (MeJA), and abscisic acid (ABA). The GmDIR22 is targeted to the cytomembrane when transiently expressed in Arabidopsis protoplasts. Moreover, The GmDIR22 recombinant protein purified from Escherichia coli could effectively direct E-coniferyl alcohol coupling into lignan (+)-pinore...