Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

MPK3- and MPK6-mediated VLN3 phosphorylation regulates actin dynamics during stomatal immunity in Arabidopsis

  • Minxia Zou,
  • Mengmeng Guo,
  • Zhaoyang Zhou,
  • Bingxiao Wang,
  • Qing Pan,
  • Jiajing Li,
  • Jian-Min Zhou,
  • Jiejie Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26827-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plants can rapidly close stomata to restrict pathogen entry into leaves. Here the authors show that phosphorylation of villin3 by mitogen-activated protein kinases modulates actin remodeling to activate stomatal defense in Arabidopsis.