A receptor-like kinase controls plasmodesmal transport of conserved 30K viral movement proteins through phosphorylation
Juan Martinez-Saez, Angel Chavez, Andrea Restrepo-Escobar, Moritz Schladt, Wolf Bernd Frommer, Waltraud X. Schulze, Manuel Miras
RDA2, a lectin receptor-like kinase, directly phosphorylates conserved 30K viral movement proteins to control their plasmodesmal targeting and restrict cell-to-cell viral spread in plants.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology