	US 11,891,612 B2
	ZAR1 and JIM2 mediate resistance against plant pathogens containing YopJ-family effectors
Brian J. Staskawicz, Berkeley, CA (US); and Alexander Christiaan Schultink, Williamston, MI (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/973,743
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/033962 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/005429, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/692,537, filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310019 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01)

CPC C12N 15/8281 (2013.01) [C07K 14/415 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A tomato plant comprising:

an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a JIM2 polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the Nicotiana benthamiana JIM2 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the Solanum pennellii JIM2 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and

exogenous polynucleotide encoding a ZAR1 polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the Nicotiana benthamiana ZAR1 of SEQ ID NO: 3 or the Solanum pennellii ZAR1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4,

wherein the plant has enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas perforans, relative to a control plant that is otherwise identical to the plant but does not contain the exogenous polynucleotides.