Recruitment of SERK co-receptors determines signaling specificity within the systemin peptide family
Xu Wang, Wei Yuan, Nga-Thanh Pham, Lei Wang, Rong Li, Anke Steppuhn, Detlef Weigel, Annick Stintzi, Georg Felix, Andreas Schaller
The paper shows that different systemin peptides recruit specific SERK co-receptors, leading to distinct signaling responses in tomato plants.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology