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. 1983 Oct;73(2):497–506. doi: 10.1104/pp.73.2.497

A Receptor on Soybean Membranes for a Fungal Elicitor of Phytoalexin Accumulation 1

Masaaki Yoshikawa 1,2, N T Keen 1,2, Ming-Chang Wang 1,2
PMCID: PMC1066491  PMID: 16663246

Abstract

Soybean membrane preparations specifically bound [14C]mycolaminaran, a branched β-1,3-glucan produced by Phytophthora sp. which elicits production of the phytoalexin glyceollin in soybean tissues. A Scatchard plot of the binding data disclosed the presence of a single affinity class of binding sites with a Kd value of 11.5 micromolar for the glucan. To assess the physiologic importance of mycolaminaran binding in phytoalexin elicitation, several derivatives of mycolaminaran were prepared. Reduced mycolaminaran had slightly greater elicitor activity and binding affinity than the native substance, while periodinated mycolaminaran was virtually devoid of either elicitor activity orbinding capability. Phosphorylated mycolaminaran, on the other hand, gave values for both elicitor activity and membrane binding which were intermediate between the native and periodinated preparations. No other tested carbohydrates competed with the binding of [14C]mycolaminaran. Soybean membrane preparations contained β-1,3-endoglucanase activity that degraded mycolaminaran and reduced both its efficiency as a phytoalexin elicitor and its membrane binding at temperatures above 0°C. Once [14C]mycolaminaran bound to membranes, however, it was not appreciably susceptible to glucanase attack and could not be displaced with excess unlabeled ligand. Taken collectively, the observations suggest that the membrane binding sites are mycolaminaran-specific receptors which are physiologically involved in the initiation of phytoalexin production in soybean cotyledons. Because the binding of mycolaminaran to membranes was abolished by heat and proteolytic enzymes, the receptor is probably a protein(s) or glycoprotein(s).

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