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ArticlePLoS pathogens2015

The phylogenetically-related pattern recognition receptors EFR and XA21 recruit similar immune signaling components in monocots and dicots.

Nicholas Holton, Vladimir Nekrasov, Pamela C Ronald, Cyril Zipfel

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicholas HoltonThe Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Vladimir NekrasovThe Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Pamela C RonaldDepartment of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
Cyril ZipfelThe Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Norwich Research Park · GBUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G024936/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During plant immunity, surface-localized pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). The transfer of PRRs between plant species is a promising strategy for engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance. Thus, there is a great interest in understanding the mechanisms of PRR-mediated resistance across different plant species. Two well-characterized plant PRRs are the leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs) EFR and XA21 from Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) and rice, respectively. Interestingly, despite being evolutionary distant, EFR and XA21 are phylogenetically closely related and are both members of the sub-family XII of LRR-RKs that contains numerous potential PRRs. Here, we compared the ability of these related PRRs to engage immune signaling across the monocots-dicots taxonomic divide. Using chimera between Arabidopsis EFR and rice XA21, we show that the kinase domain of the rice XA21 is functional in triggering elf18-induced signaling and quantitative immunity to the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pto) DC3000 and Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Arabidopsis. Furthermore, the EFR:XA21 chimera associates dynamically in a ligand-dependent manner with known components of the EFR complex. Conversely, EFR associates with Arabidopsis orthologues of rice XA21-interacting proteins, which appear to be involved in EFR-mediated signaling and immunity in Arabidopsis. Our work indicates the overall functional conservation of immune components acting downstream of distinct LRR-RK-type PRRs between monocots and dicots.

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Arabidopsis ProteinsPlant ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAgrobacterium tumefaciensArabidopsisGene Expression Regulation, PlantOryzaPhylogenyPlant DiseasesPlant ImmunityPlants, Genetically ModifiedPseudomonas syringaeReceptors, Pattern RecognitionSignal TransductionArabidopsis ProteinsEFR protein, ArabidopsisPlant ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionXa21 protein, Oryza sativa

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PMID25607985
PMCPMC4301810
OpenAlexW2014478664

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