Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

The N-terminus of an Ustilaginoidea virens Ser-Thr-rich glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein elicits plant immunity as a MAMP

  • Tianqiao Song,
  • You Zhang,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Xiong Zhang,
  • Danyu Shen,
  • Junjie Yu,
  • Mina Yu,
  • Xiayan Pan,
  • Huijuan Cao,
  • Mingli Yong,
  • Zhongqiang Qi,
  • Yan Du,
  • Rongsheng Zhang,
  • Xiaole Yin,
  • Junqing Qiao,
  • Youzhou Liu,
  • Wende Liu,
  • Wenxian Sun,
  • Zhengguang Zhang,
  • Yuanchao Wang,
  • Daolong Dou,
  • Zhenchuan Ma,
  • Yongfeng Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22660-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Ustilaginoidea virens is a fungal pathogen that infects rice via the panicles. Here, the authors show that U. virens SGP1, a conserved Ser-Thr-rich glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol-anchored protein, elicits immune responses in rice leaves while contributing to virulence in panicles.