Treasure your exceptions: unusual domains in immune receptors reveal host virulence targets

Marc T Nishimura; Freddy Monteiro; Jeffery L Dangl

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.017

Treasure your exceptions: unusual domains in immune receptors reveal host virulence targets

Cell. 2015 May 21;161(5):957-960. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.017.

Authors

Marc T Nishimura¹, Freddy Monteiro², Jeffery L Dangl³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
² Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
³ Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA. Electronic address: dangl@email.unc.edu.

PMID: 26000473
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.017

Abstract

A mechanistic understanding of how plant pathogens modulate their hosts is critical for rationally engineered disease resistance in agricultural systems. Two new studies show that genomically paired plant immune receptors have incorporated decoy domains that structurally mimic pathogen virulence targets to monitor attempted host immunosuppression.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / immunology*
Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
Plant Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins
Plant Proteins