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. 1995 Mar 14;92(6):2338–2342. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.6.2338

Covalent cross-linking of the Phytophthora megasperma oligopeptide elicitor to its receptor in parsley membranes.

T Nürnberger 1, D Nennstiel 1, K Hahlbrock 1, D Scheel 1
PMCID: PMC42478  PMID: 7892267

Abstract

An oligopeptide elicitor from Phytophthora megasperma f.sp. glycinea (Pep-13) that induces phytoalexin accumulation in cultured parsley cells was radioiodinated and chemically cross-linked to its binding site in microsomal and plasma membrane preparations with each of three homobifunctional reagents. Analysis by SDS/PAGE and autoradiography of solubilized membrane proteins demonstrated labeling of a 91-kDa protein, regardless of which reagent was used. Cross-linking of this protein was prevented by addition of excess unlabeled Pep-13. The competitor concentration found to half-maximally reduce the intensity of the cross-linked band was 6 nM, which is in good agreement with the IC50 value of 4.7 nM, obtained from ligand binding assays. No crosslinking of 125I-labeled Pep-13 was observed by using microsomal membranes from three other plant species, indicating species-specific occurrence of the binding site. Coupling of 125I-Pep-13 to the parsley 91-kDa protein required the same structural elements within the ligand as was recently reported for binding of 125I-Pep-13 to parsley microsomes, elicitor-induced stimulation of ion fluxes across the plasma membrane, the oxidative burst, the expression of defense-related genes, and phytoalexin production. These findings suggest that the 91-kDa protein identified in parsley membranes is the oligopeptide elicitor receptor mediating activation of a multicomponent defense response.

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