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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2004, p. 543-555, Vol. 186, No. 2
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.543-555.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secretion System Targeting Signals and Novel Effectors Studied with a Cya Translocation Reporter

Lisa M. Schechter,1 Kathy A. Roberts,1 Yashitola Jamir,2 James R. Alfano,2 and Alan Collmer1*

Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4203,1 The Plant Science Initiative and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-06602

Received 10 July 2003/ Accepted 13 October 2003

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 is a pathogen of tomato and Arabidopsis. The hrp-hrc-encoded type III secretion system (TTSS), which injects bacterial effector proteins (primarily called Hop or Avr proteins) into plant cells, is required for pathogenicity. In addition to being regulated by the HrpL alternative sigma factor, most avr or hop genes encode proteins with N termini that have several characteristic features, including (i) a high percentage of Ser residues, (ii) an aliphatic amino acid (Ile, Leu, or Val) or Pro at the third or fourth position, and (iii) a lack of negatively charged amino acids within the first 12 residues. Here, the well-studied effector AvrPto was used to optimize a calmodulin-dependent adenylate cyclase (Cya) reporter system for Hrp-mediated translocation of P. syringae TTSS effectors into plant cells. This system includes a cloned P. syringae hrp gene cluster and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Analyses of truncated AvrPto proteins fused to Cya revealed that the N-terminal 16 amino acids and/or codons of AvrPto are sufficient to direct weak translocation into plant cells and that longer N-terminal fragments direct progressively stronger translocation. AvrB, tested because it is poorly secreted in cultures by the P. syringae Hrp system, was translocated into plant cells as effectively as AvrPto. The translocation of several DC3000 candidate Hop proteins was also examined by using Cya as a reporter, which led to identification of three new intact Hop proteins, designated HopPtoQ, HopPtoT1, and HopPtoV, as well as two truncated Hop proteins encoded by the naturally disrupted genes hopPtoS4::tnpA and hopPtoAG::tnpA. We also confirmed that HopPtoK, HopPtoC, and AvrPphEPto are translocated into plant cells. These results increased the number of Hrp system-secreted proteins in DC3000 to 40. Although most of the newly identified Hop proteins possess N termini that have the same features as the N termini of previously described Hop proteins, HopPtoV has none of these characteristics. Our results indicate that Cya should be a useful reporter for exploring multiple aspects of the Hrp system in P. syringae.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 334 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-4203. Phone: (607) 255-7843. Fax: (607) 255-4471. E-mail: arc2{at}cornell.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2004, p. 543-555, Vol. 186, No. 2
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.543-555.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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