The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity
K. Oikawa, K. Fujisaki, M. Shimizu, T. Takeda, K. Nemoto, H. Saitoh, A. Hirabuchi, Y. Hiraka, N. Miyaji, A. Białas, T. Langner, R. Kellner, T. O. Bozkurt, S. Cesari, T. Kroj, , R. Terauchi
This study shows that the fungal effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice HMA proteins, co-opting their function to suppress immunity, while also triggering immunity in plants with integrated HMA domains in NLRs.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2020Plant Biology