Plant BiologybioRxiv
TOPLESS promotes plant immunity by repressing auxin signaling and is targeted by the fungal effector Naked1
F. Navarrete, M. Gallei, A. E. Kornienko…·A. Djamei
The paper shows that the fungal effector Naked1 manipulates plant TOPLESS proteins to suppress immunity by enhancing auxin signaling, and engineered variants of Naked1 can induce resistance.
DOI 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100269