Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Planthopper salivary sheath protein LsSP1 contributes to manipulation of rice plant defenses

  • Hai-Jian Huang,
  • Yi-Zhe Wang,
  • Li-Li Li,
  • Hai-Bin Lu,
  • Jia-Bao Lu,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Zhuang-Xin Ye,
  • Ze-Long Zhang,
  • Yu-Juan He,
  • Gang Lu,
  • Ji-Chong Zhuo,
  • Qian-Zhuo Mao,
  • Zong-Tao Sun,
  • Jian-Ping Chen,
  • Jun-Min Li,
  • Chuan-Xi Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36403-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Salivary elicitors secreted by herbivorous insects can be perceived by host plants to trigger plant immunity. Here, the authors show that the small brown planthopper salivary sheath protein LsSP1 binds to salivary sheath proteins and contributes to insect feeding by manipulating rice plant defenses.