TOPLESS promotes plant immunity by repressing auxin signaling and is targeted by the fungal effector Naked1
F. Navarrete, M. Gallei, A. E. Kornienko, I. Saado, K.-S. Chia, M. A. Darino, M. Khan, J. Bindics, A. Djamei
The paper shows that the fungal effector Naked1 manipulates plant TOPLESS proteins to suppress immunity by enhancing auxin signaling, and engineered variants of Naked1 can induce resistance.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2021Plant Biology