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PEPR s spice up plant immunity
Author(s) -
Tang Dingzhong,
Zhou JianMin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.201593434
Subject(s) - biology , immunity , spice , plant immunity , immune system , immunology , biochemistry , arabidopsis , engineering , electrical engineering , gene , mutant
Some pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in plants, such as PEPRs, sense endogenous, damage‐associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that are released during pathogen infection. In this issue of The EMBO Journal , Yamada and colleagues show that genetic or pathogen‐induced depletion of Arabidopsis BAK1, a co‐receptor for multiple PRRs, primes immune activation through PEPRs. The work illustrates a link between pathogen‐induced perturbation of BAK1 and DAMP signaling.