Pathogen perception and signaling in plant immunity

PN Dodds, J Chen, MA Outram - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plant diseases are a constant and serious threat to agriculture and ecological biodiversity.
Plants possess a sophisticated innate immunity system capable of detecting and responding …

Plant Pattern recognition receptors: Exploring their evolution, diversification, and spatiotemporal regulation

T Li, A Moreno-Pérez, G Coaker - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant genomes possess hundreds of candidate surface localized receptors capable of
recognizing microbial components or modified-self molecules. Surface-localized pattern …

Leveraging coevolutionary insights and AI-based structural modeling to unravel receptor–peptide ligand-binding mechanisms

S Snoeck, HK Lee, MW Schmid, KW Bender… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Secreted signaling peptides are central regulators of growth, development, and stress
responses, but specific steps in the evolution of these peptides and their receptors are not …

Activation of plant immunity through conversion of a helper NLR homodimer into a resistosome

M Selvaraj, AA Toghani, H Pai, Y Sugihara… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins can engage in complex
interactions to detect pathogens and execute a robust immune response via downstream …

Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering

S Snoeck, O Johanndrees, T Nürnberger… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The plant immune system relies on germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)
that sense foreign and plant-derived molecular patterns, and signal health threats. Genomic …

From molecule to cell: the expanding frontiers of plant immunity

L Li, J Liu, JM Zhou - Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the field of plant immunity has witnessed remarkable breakthroughs. During
the co-evolution between plants and pathogens, plants have developed a wealth of intricate …

Potato: from functional genomics to genetic improvement

L Qu, X Huang, X Su, G Zhu, L Zheng, J Lin… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Potato is the most widely grown non-grain crop and ranks as the third most significant global
food crop following rice and wheat. Despite its long history of cultivation over vast areas …

Releasing hidden MAMPs from precursor proteins in plants

C Chen, RAL van der Hoorn, P Buscaill - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
The recognition of pathogens by plants at the cell surface is crucial for activating plant
immunity. Plants employ pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) to detect microbe-associated …

Plant NLR immunity activation and execution: a biochemical perspective

F Locci, JE Parker - Open Biology, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plants deploy cell-surface and intracellular receptors to detect pathogen attack and trigger
innate immune responses. Inside host cells, families of nucleotide-binding/leucine-rich …

Natural variation in the pattern‐triggered immunity response in plants: Investigations, implications and applications

A Hudson, A Mullens, S Hind, T Jamann… - Molecular Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The pattern‐triggered immunity (PTI) response is triggered at the plant cell surface by the
recognition of microbe‐derived molecules known as microbe‐or pathogen‐associated …