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. 1991 Feb;57(2):525–534. doi: 10.1128/aem.57.2.525-534.1991

Electrophoretic and Immunological Comparisons of Developmentally Regulated Proteins in Members of the Sclerotiniaceae and Other Sclerotial Fungi

Lily Ann Novak 1, Linda M Kohn 1,*
PMCID: PMC182743  PMID: 16348418

Abstract

The fungal stroma is a distinct developmental stage, a compact mass of hyphal cells enveloped by a melanized layer of rind cells which is produced from vegetative mycelium. Two types of stromata that are characteristic of members of the Sclerotiniaceae but are also produced in a wide range of other fungi, i.e., the determinate tuberlike sclerotium and the indeterminate platelike substratal stroma, were compared in these studies. Developmental proteins found in determinate sclerotial and indeterminate substratal stromata, but not in mycelia, were characterized and compared in 52 isolates of fungi, both ascomycetes (including 18 species in the Sclerotiniaceae and 5 species of Aspergillus) and the basidiomycete Sclerotium rolfsii. One-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of mycelial, stromatal initial, and stromatal extracts demonstrated that all members of the Sclerotiniaceae produced proteins unique to stromatal extracts within a molecular weight range of 31,000 to 39,500 which composed 13 to 58% of the total protein in stromata. Proteins unique to the sclerotial stage were also produced in Sclerotium rolfsii and the Aspergillus species but within a generally lower-molecular-weight range of 11,000 to 30,000. The proteins were then characterized by two-dimensional electrophoresis to determine the number and isoelectric point of polypeptides composing each protein. Polyclonal antibodies were raised to the major 36-kDa sclerotial protein of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Ssp). Immunoblots demonstrated that all sclerotial proteins from species in the Sclerotiniaceae cross-reacted with anti-Ssp antibodies, while no cross-reaction was observed with proteins from substratal stromatal species in the Sclerotiniaceae, sclerotial species of Aspergillus, or Sclerotium rolfsii. Results of discriminant analysis of the data from competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were consistent with the results of immunoblotting. Three groupings, sclerotial species in the Sclerotiniaceae, substratal stromatal species in the family, and sclerotial species outside the family, were delimited on the basis of relative decreasing ability to compete for anti-Ssp antibody. These data demonstrate that stromatal proteins differ among different taxonomic groups of fungi and suggest that the Sclerotiniaceae may include two distinct lineages of genera.

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