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A recombined Sr26 and Sr61 disease resistance gene stack in wheat encodes unrelated NLR genes.

ABSTRACT: The re-emergence of stem rust on wheat in Europe and Africa is reinforcing the ongoing need for durable resistance gene deployment. Here, we isolate from wheat, Sr26 and Sr61, with both genes independently introduced as alien chromosome introgressions from tall wheat grass (Thinopyrum ponticum). Mutational genomics and targeted exome capture identify Sr26 and Sr61 as separate single genes that encode unrelated (34.8%) nucleotide binding site leucine rich repeat proteins. Sr26 and Sr61 are each validated by transgenic complementation using endogenous and/or heterologous promoter sequences. Sr61 orthologs are absent from current Thinopyrum elongatum and wheat pan genome sequences, contrasting with Sr26 where homologues are present. Using gene-specific markers, we validate the presence of both genes on a single recombinant alien segment developed in wheat. The co-location of these genes on a small non-recombinogenic segment simplifies their deployment as a gene stack and potentially enhances their resistance durability.

SUBMITTER: Zhang J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A recombined Sr26 and Sr61 disease resistance gene stack in wheat encodes unrelated NLR genes.

Zhang Jianping J Hewitt Timothy C TC Boshoff Willem H P WHP Dundas Ian I Upadhyaya Narayana N Li Jianbo J Patpour Mehran M Chandramohan Sutha S Pretorius Zacharias A ZA Hovmøller Mogens M Schnippenkoetter Wendelin W Park Robert F RF Mago Rohit R Periyannan Sambasivam S Bhatt Dhara D Hoxha Sami S Chakraborty Soma S Luo Ming M Dodds Peter P Steuernagel Burkhard B Wulff Brande B H BBH Ayliffe Michael M McIntosh Robert A RA Zhang Peng P Lagudah Evans S ES

Nature communications 20210607 1

The re-emergence of stem rust on wheat in Europe and Africa is reinforcing the ongoing need for durable resistance gene deployment. Here, we isolate from wheat, Sr26 and Sr61, with both genes independently introduced as alien chromosome introgressions from tall wheat grass (Thinopyrum ponticum). Mutational genomics and targeted exome capture identify Sr26 and Sr61 as separate single genes that encode unrelated (34.8%) nucleotide binding site leucine rich repeat proteins. Sr26 and Sr61 are each v ...[more]

PMID: 34099713

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A recombined Sr26 and Sr61 disease resistance gene stack in wheat encodes unrelated NLR genes.

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A recombined Sr26 and Sr61 disease resistance gene stack in wheat encodes unrelated NLR genes.

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