The invention relates to the technical field of
gene engineering, and particularly discloses an application of an MmFIT2
gene in
plant broad-spectrum antivirus, which utilizes
heterologous overexpression of the mouse
gene MmFIT2 in
nicotiana benthamiana to induce the increase of lipid droplets in cells, promote the increase of
lipid droplet abundance, and improve the antiviral activity of plants.
Normal growth and development of plants are not affected, and meanwhile the anti-
virus capacity of the
nicotiana benthamiana on barley stripe
mosaic virus,
tobacco mosaic virus,
turnip mosaic virus and beet necrotic yellow
vein virus is improved; by means of
heterologous overexpression of the mouse-derived gene MmFIT2 in the rice, lipid droplets in cells are induced to be increased,
lipid droplet abundance is promoted to be increased,
normal growth and development of plants are not affected, and meanwhile the stripe
virus resisting capacity of the rice is improved; the broad-spectrum applicability of a
lipid droplet mediated antiviral strategy in
nicotiana benthamiana and rice is proved, and an important value is provided for deeply exploring the application of lipid droplets in
crop disease resistance breeding.