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ArticleScience advances2026

Engineering plant tandem kinase immune receptors expands effector recognition profiles.

Daniel S Yu, Rafał Zdrzałek, Emi Katayama, Hitomi Akiyama, Lucy Daykin, Nathan J Williams, Iwan Goodridge, Soichiro Asuke, Mark J Banfield

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Daniel S YuDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0454-7989
Rafał ZdrzałekDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3669-924X
Emi KatayamaGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-2047-519X
Hitomi AkiyamaGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.ORCID 0009-0005-9946-7966
Lucy DaykinDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
Nathan J WilliamsDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.ORCID 0009-0006-1177-4919
Iwan GoodridgeDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-4534-9533
Soichiro AsukeGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5725-9062
Mark J BanfieldDepartment of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8921-3835

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Abstract

Plant intracellular immune receptors are widely deployed in breeding to protect crops from disease. In addition to nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs), tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) have recently emerged as an important family of immune receptors within staple cereal food crops, but how TKPs recognize effectors and whether they are amenable to engineering is essentially unknown. Here, we show that the barley and wheat TKPs Rmo2 and Rwt7 recognize different blast fungus effectors via their integrated HMA domains using different protein interfaces with nanomolar binding affinity. Structural analysis pinpointed interface residues that dictate effector recognition and enabled engineering of dual-specificity TKPs. These results establish integrated HMA domains as programmable modules within TKPs for designing new specificities in plant immunity for diseases relevant to global agriculture.

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HordeumPlant ImmunityPlant ProteinsProtein EngineeringProtein KinasesReceptors, ImmunologicTriticumInnate Immunity RecognitionPlant DiseasesProtein BindingPlant ProteinsProtein KinasesReceptors, Immunologic

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PMID42777062
PMCPMC13600239

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