Plant BiologybioRxiv
The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity
K. Oikawa, K. Fujisaki, M. Shimizu…·R. Terauchi
This study shows that the fungal effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice HMA proteins, co-opting their function to suppress immunity, while also triggering immunity in plants with integrated HMA domains in NLRs.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012647