Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Variation in bradyrhizobial NopP effector determines symbiotic incompatibility with Rj2-soybeans via effector-triggered immunity

  • Masayuki Sugawara,
  • Satoko Takahashi,
  • Yosuke Umehara,
  • Hiroya Iwano,
  • Hirohito Tsurumaru,
  • Haruka Odake,
  • Yuta Suzuki,
  • Hitoshi Kondo,
  • Yuki Konno,
  • Takeo Yamakawa,
  • Shusei Sato,
  • Hisayuki Mitsui,
  • Kiwamu Minamisawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05663-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The soybean Rj2 gene encodes a TIR-NBS-LRR protein that confers resistance to nodulation by certain rhizobial strains. Here, the authors show that T3SS effector NopP is an avirulence protein that is necessary for Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA 122 to trigger Rj2-dependent incompatibility.