Structural and phylogenetic analysis of Pto-type disease resistance gene candidates in Hevea brasiliensis
Abstract
The tomato Pto gene encodes a serine/threonine kinase (STK) whose molecular characterization has provided valuable insights into the disease resistance mechanism of tomato. Therefore, Pto is considered as a promising candidate for engineering broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in this crop. In this study, a pair of degenerate primers based on conserved subdomains of plant STKs similar to the tomato Pto protein was used to amplify similar sequences in a hevea cultivar (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg). A fragment of ~550 bp was amplified, cloned, and sequenced. The sequence analysis of several clones revealed 12 distinct sequences highly similar to STKs. Based on their significant similarity with the tomato Pto protein (BLASTX E value .
The tomato Pto gene encodes a serine/threonine kinase (STK) whose molecular characterization has provided valuable insights into the disease resistance mechanism of tomato. Therefore, Pto is considered as a promising candidate for engineering broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in this crop. In this study, a pair of degenerate primers based on conserved subdomains of plant STKs similar to the tomato Pto protein was used to amplify similar sequences in a hevea cultivar (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg). A fragment of ~550 bp was amplified, cloned, and sequenced. The sequence analysis of several clones revealed 12 distinct sequences highly similar to STKs. Based on their significant similarity with the tomato Pto protein (BLASTX E value .