Plant specific gene family, NAC (NAM, ATAF, and CUC) transcription factors have been characterized for their roles in plant growth, development, and stress tolerance. In this study, we isolated OsNAC69 gene and analysed expression level by inoculation of bacterial leaf blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). NAC transcription factor family can be divided into five groups (I–V). On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, OsNAC69 was fall into group II. OsNAC69 was strongly induced 1 hr after infected with Xoo. To investigate its biological function in the rice, we constructed vector for overexpression in rice, and then generated transgenic rices. Gene expression of OsNAC69-overexpressed transgenic rice lines were analyzed by northern blot. Analysis of disease resistance to pathogen Xoo, nine OsNAC69-overexpressed transgenic rice lines showing high expression level of OsNAC69 were shown more resistant than wild type. These results suggest that OsNAC69 gene may play regulatory role during pathogen infection.

식물 특이 NAC (NAM, ATAF, and CUC) 전사인자는 식물 성장, 발달과 스트레스에 대한 저항성에 관여한다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 벼의 NAC 전사인자 중의 하나인 OsNAC69 유전자를 분리하였으며 유추된 아미노산 서열을 바탕으로 조사해본 결과 이 유전자는 NAC 전사인자의 5개 group 중에서 group II에 속하였다. 흰잎마름병균인 X. oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo)를 처리하여 발현을 분석한 결과 접종 1시간 이