New insights from a plant immune receptor may help design of disease resistant crops

摘要

Receptor-like proteins(RLPs)are a class of cell surface immune receptors highly important for plant defense against numerous pathogens.How these receptors detect pathogen molecules to activate immune signaling has remained poorly understood.A recent study published in Nature uncovers how an RLP protein called Response to XEG1(RXEG1)is activated by a pathogen protein called XEG1.