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ArticleNature communications2025

A fungal pathogen manipulates phytocytokine signaling for plant infection.

Chenlei Hua, Lisha Zhang, Annick Stintzi, Andreas Schaller, Hui-Shan Guo, Thorsten Nürnberger

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Chenlei HuaDepartment of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. chenlei.hua@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6630-9049
Lisha ZhangDepartment of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8203-2369
Annick StintziDepartment of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6479-8184
Andreas SchallerDepartment of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6872-9576
Hui-Shan GuoState Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity and Innovative Utilization, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. guohs@im.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-9303
Thorsten NürnbergerDepartment of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. nuernberger@uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7804-7170

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phytocytokines, hormone-like plant peptides, play crucial roles in immune regulation and development. Phytosulfokine (PSK), known to mediate plant growth, also modulates plant pattern-triggered immunity (PTI). Here, we demonstrate that VdSCP8, a small cysteine-containing effector from Verticillium dahliae, functions as a virulence-promoting protein that suppresses PTI in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana. Apoplastic SCP8 suppresses immune activation mediated by leucine-rich repeat ectodomain pattern recognition receptors. SCP8 virulence and immunosuppressive activities require PHYTOSULFOKINE RECEPTOR 1 (PSKR1), which binds PSK and forms a complex with co-receptor BAK1 to suppress PTI. Our findings underscore SCP8's role in PTI suppression, facilitating PSKR1-BAK1 complex formation and promoting PSK accumulation through a plant subtilase. These results highlight how a multi-host plant pathogen manipulates PTI through enhancing immunosuppressive PSK signaling.

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ArabidopsisAscomycotaFungal ProteinsPlant DiseasesArabidopsis ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsNicotianaPlant ImmunityProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, Pattern RecognitionSignal TransductionVerticilliumVirulenceArabidopsis ProteinsBAK1 protein, ArabidopsisFungal ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPSKR1 protein, ArabidopsisReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, Pattern Recognition

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PMID41238555
PMCPMC12618502

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