Metabolic enzymes moonlight as selective autophagy receptors to protect plants against viral-induced cellular damage
Marion Clavel, Anita Bianchi, Roksolana Kobylinska, Roan R. Groh, Juncai Ma, Ranjith K. Papareddy, Nenad Grujic, Lorenzo Picchianti, Ethan L. Stewart, Michael Schutzbier, Karel Stejskal, Juan Carlos De la Concepción, Víctor Sánchez de Medina Hernández, Yoav Voichek, Pieter Clauw, , Yasin Dagdas
This study shows that metabolic enzymes act as autophagy receptors in plants to degrade defense executors during viral infection, revealing autophagy as a tolerance pathway rather than an antiviral defense.
bioRxiv · May 6, 2024 · PreprintPlant Biology