Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

A rice Serine/Threonine receptor-like kinase regulates arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis at the peri-arbuscular membrane

  • Ronelle Roth,
  • Marco Chiapello,
  • Héctor Montero,
  • Peter Gehrig,
  • Jonas Grossmann,
  • Kevin O’Holleran,
  • Denise Hartken,
  • Fergus Walters,
  • Shu-Yi Yang,
  • Stefan Hillmer,
  • Karin Schumacher,
  • Sarah Bowden,
  • Melanie Craze,
  • Emma J. Wallington,
  • Akio Miyao,
  • Ruairidh Sawers,
  • Enrico Martinoia,
  • Uta Paszkowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06865-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The peri-arbuscular membrane (PAM) mediates mutually-beneficial nutrient exchange between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Here the authors identify ARK1, a PAM-specific receptor-like kinase from rice that sustains AM symbiosis post-arbuscule development.