Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Binding of a blast fungus Zinc-finger fold effector to a hydrophobic pocket in the host exocyst subunit Exo70 modulates immune recognition in rice
J. C. De la Concepcion, K. Fujisaki, A. R. Bentham…·M. J. Banfield
This paper reveals how the blast fungus effector AVR-Pii binds to rice Exo70, modulating immune recognition through a novel Zinc-finger fold and conserved hydrophobic interface.
DOI 10.1101/2022.06.18.496527