| Abstract: | hrp- mutants were produced from strain JXOIII of Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae (Xoo) and strain RS105 of X.o.pv.oryzicola (Xooc), respectively, by using diethyl sulfate (DES) as a mutagenic che-mical. All the hrp- mutants lost their pathogenicity on a susceptible host plant, rice (Shanyou63), and elicitation of the hypersensitive response (HR) on a nonhost plant, tobacco (NC89). Extracellular enzyme (amy-lase, pectate lyase, proteinase, cellulase and lipase) activities of all the hrp- mutants were similar to those of the corresponding wild type strains. The response of tobacco to cell-sonicated integrations of the wild type strains and the hrp- mutants demonstrated that there existed an HR eliciting substance which was heat-stable and sensitive to protease. No HR appeared on tobacco after infiltration of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of both the wild strains and hrp mutants into tobacco leaves. The ability of the Xooc hrp- mutants to induce HR on tobacco and cause streak disease on rice was restored by complementation with pUHRX245 from JXOIII genomic DNA library and by pUHRS138 from RS105 genomic DNA library, respectively. Subcloning of a 38.6-kb hrp fragment insert in pUHRX245 and a 39.3-kb insert in pUHRS138 revealed that a 3.3-kb SacⅠ fragment from pUHRX245 and a 4.5-kb BamHⅠ-KpnⅠ fragment from pUHRS138 were the minimal functional portions required for restoration of the ability of Xooc hrp- mutants to induce HR on tobacco and cause disease on rice. The disease symptom caused by the conjugant (M1005 plus 3.3-kb) on rice was similar to that caused by the wild type of Xooc. It suggests that the two fragments contain the same hrp gene(s) and are responsible reciprocally for HR induction on tobacco and pathogenicity on rice. |
