April
2007
, Volume
20
, Number
4
Pages
420
-
429
Authors
Bernadette
Lippok
,
1
Rainer P.
Birkenbihl
,
1
Gaelle
Rivory
,
1
Janna
Brümmer
,
1
Elmon
Schmelzer
,
2
Elke
Logemann
,
1
and
Imre E.
Somssich
1
Affiliations
1Abteilung: Molekulare Phytopathologie and 2Abteilung: Zentrale Mikroskopie (CeMic), Max Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl von Linné Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany
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Accepted 15 November 2006.
Abstract
WRKY transcription factors regulate distinct parts of the plant defense transcriptome. Expression of many WRKY genes themselves is induced by pathogens or pathogen-mimicking molecules. Here, we demonstrate that Arabidopsis WRKY33 responds to various stimuli associated with plant defense as well as to different kinds of phytopathogens. Although rapid pathogen-induced AtWRKY33 expression does not require salicylic acid (SA) signaling, it is dependent on PAD4, a key regulator upstream of SA. Activation of AtWRKY33 is independent of de novo protein synthesis, suggesting that it is at least partly under negative regulatory control. We show that a set of three WRKY-specific cis-acting DNA elements (W boxes) within the AtWRKY33 promoter is required for efficient pathogen- or PAMP-triggered gene activation. This strongly indicates that WRKY transcription factors are major components of the regulatory machinery modulating immediate to early expression of this gene in response to pathogen attack.
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Additional keywords:
Alternaria,
Hyaloperonospora parasitica,
pathogen-associated molecular patterns.
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