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Nucleotide binding site/leucine-rich repeats, Pto-like and receptor-like kinases related to disease resistance in grapevine

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Nucleotide Binding Site/Leucine-Rich Repeat (NBS-LRR) and Serine/Threonine Kinase (STK) genes are two of the known classes of resistance (R-) genes in plants, and occur in large multigene families. Systematic identification of genes for NBS-LRRs and STKs provides a means of access to genomic regions that may be involved in disease resistance. Here we present a picture of these two families of R-gene analogs (RGAs) in grape with the aim of developing a set of resistance-related sequence-tagged-site (STS) markers. One hundred and three NBS-LRR sequences were isolated. They included members of the CC (coiled-coil) and TIR (Toll-interleukin receptor) sub-classes. A comparative analysis with other angiosperm NBSs is provided. Fifty-three genes for receptor-like kinases (RLKs) with serine/threonine specificity were identified. RLK sequences formed a putative monophyletic group within the kinase superfamily. They were similar to both cytoplasmic RLKs, such as Pto, and RLKs with LRR, S-locus, lectin-like and thaumatin-like extracellular binding-domains. The latter resembled the products of the R-related genes Xa21, FLS2, Rlk10, SFR2, and PR5K. Forty-five reference RGAs were converted into STSs by using appropriately designed specific primers. RGA-STSs were present in diverse grape genotypes, and >85% of the primers were capable of amplifying the STSs across the taxa Vitis and Muscadinia. DNA sequence polymorphism among these RGAs was assessed by SSCP (single-strand conformation polymorphism) analysis in over 20 Vitis spp. Finally, 45 universal primers for grape RGAs are proposed that should permit tagging of R-related regions in any grape genome.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Administration. The authors thank R. Testolin and M. Morgante for revision of the manuscript and M.T. Marrazzo for technical assistance. Our experiments comply with current Italian laws

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Di Gaspero, G., Cipriani, G. Nucleotide binding site/leucine-rich repeats, Pto-like and receptor-like kinases related to disease resistance in grapevine. Mol Gen Genomics 269, 612–623 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-003-0884-5

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