Newly identified Pijx gene: a weapon against both seedling and panicle blast in rice

Kongkong Mondal; Roshan Kumar Singh; Manoj Prasad; Narottam Dey

doi:10.1007/s00299-024-03198-8

Newly identified Pijx gene: a weapon against both seedling and panicle blast in rice

Plant Cell Rep. 2024 Mar 24;43(4):105. doi: 10.1007/s00299-024-03198-8.

Authors

Kongkong Mondal¹, Roshan Kumar Singh², Manoj Prasad³, Narottam Dey⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Rice Biotechnology Laboratory, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
² Mahishadal Raj College, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721628, India.
³ Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
⁴ Department of Biotechnology, Rice Biotechnology Laboratory, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India. narottam.dey@visva-bharati.ac.in.

PMID: 38522062
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03198-8

Abstract

A recently reported Pijx gene interacts and promotes the ATPb degradation through 26 proteasomal pathways activate OsRbohC mediated ROS burst, leading to broad-spectrum rice blast resistance in seedling and panicle.

Keywords: Pijx gene; Proteasome; R gene; ROS burst; Rice blast.

MeSH terms

Proteolysis
Seedlings* / genetics

Grants and funding

744/(CSIR-UGC NET DEC. 2018)/UGC, Govt. of India