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Title: Immunological comparison of the in vitro and in vivo labeled victorin binding protein from susceptible oats. [Avena sativa L]

Journal Article · · Plant Physiology; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.95.3.917· OSTI ID:6053974
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  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

The fungus Cochliobolus victoriae causes victoria blight of oats and produces the host-specific toxin victorin. The reaction of oats to the fungus and its toxin is controlled by a single dominant gene whose product has been hypothesized to function as the site of action (receptor) of the toxin in susceptible oat genotypes. Previously, using a biologically active {sup 125}I derivative of the toxin, the authors identified a 100 kilodalton victorin-binding protein (VBP) which binds victorin in a ligand-specific manner and binds in vivo only in susceptible oat genotypes. However, a VBP in both the susceptible and resistant oat genotypes was identified by in vitro binding experiments. One interpretation of the lack of genotype-specific binding in vitro is that the 100 kilodalton protein detected in vitro is not the same 100 kilodalton protein detected in vivo. To clarify the relationship between the 100 kilodalton protein(s) labeled in vivo and in vitro, they developed antisera to the in vitro-labeled VBP from the susceptible genotype and demonstrated that these preparations react with the in vivo-labeled VBP from the susceptible genotype. This finding coupled with previous observations strongly suggest that the VBP observed in vivo is the same protein detected in vitro. Furthermore, the results support our previous observations which suggest that the VBPs labeled in vitro in susceptible and resistant genotypes are closely related or identical.

OSTI ID:
6053974
Journal Information:
Plant Physiology; (United States), Vol. 95:3; ISSN 0032-0889
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English