Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

An immune receptor complex evolved in soybean to perceive a polymorphic bacterial flagellin

  • Yali Wei,
  • Alexandra Balaceanu,
  • Jose S. Rufian,
  • Cécile Segonzac,
  • Achen Zhao,
  • Rafael J. L. Morcillo,
  • Alberto P. Macho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17573-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Ralstonia solanacearum evades plant immunity by producing an atypical flagellin protein, thus causing bacterial wilt disease. Here, Wei et al. show that soybean has evolved a divergent flagellin receptor that recognises R. solanacearum flagellin and enhances wilt resistance when transferred to other plants.