Journal of Plant Pathology (2008) 90, 453-462

C. Pane, D. Rekab, G. Firrao, M. Ruocco and F. Scala (2008)
A novel gene coding for an ABC transporter in Botrytis cinerea (Botryotinia fuckeliana) is involved in resistance to H₂O₂
Journal of Plant Pathology 90 (3), 453-462
Abstract: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are a large superfamily of proteins responsible for the ATP-dependent translocation of a wide variety of different endogenous and exogenous toxicants across cellular membranes. We used a PCR-based approach to isolate from Botrytis cinerea a DNA fragment that proved be an ABC type transporter gene following sequencing and Southern blot analyses. This gene, named BcatrO, was characterized by RT-PCR expression and knock-out mutant phenotype analysis. Treatment of B. cinerea with H₂O₂ and methyl viologen enhanced transcription of BcatrO. An increase of the gene transcripts was also observed in the early stages of pathogenesis after inoculation of the fungus to bean leaves. BcatrO knock-out mutants of B. cinerea were more sensitive than the wild type both to H₂O₂ and fungicide fenpiclonil, but displayed the same virulence. The possible role of BcatrO in a mechanism of resistance of B. cinerea to reactive oxygen species (ROS) or their products and in pleiotropic drug resistance phenomena is discussed.
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Database assignments for author(s): Giuseppe Firrao, Felice Scala

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Botrytis cinerea