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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 October; 56(10): 2994-2998

Extracellular proteases from Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the black rot pathogen.

Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT

Two proteases (PRT1 and PRT2) were fractionated from culture supernatants of wild-type Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris by cation-exchange chromatography on SP-5PW. Inhibitor experiments showed that PRT 1 was a serine protease which required calcium ions for activity or stability or both and that PRT 2 was a zinc-requiring metalloprotease. PRT 1 and PRT 2 showed different patterns of degradation of beta-casein. The two proteases comprised almost all of the extracellular proteolytic activity of the wild type. A protease-deficient mutant which lacked both PRT 1 and PRT 2 showed considerable loss of virulence in pathogenicity tests when bacteria were introduced into mature turnip leaves through cut vein endings. This suggests that PRT 1 and PRT 2 have a role in black rot pathogenesis.

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