Two NLR immune receptors acquired high-affinity binding to a fungal effector through convergent evolution of their integrated domain
A. Bialas, T. Langner, A. Harant, M. P. Contreras, C. E. M. Stevenson, D. M. Lawson, J. Sklenar, R. Kellner, M. J. Moscou, R. Terauchi, M. J. Banfield, S. Kamoun
The paper reconstructs the evolutionary history of rice NLR receptors Pik-1 and Pik-2, showing their HMA domain evolved convergent high-affinity binding to the fungal effector AVR-PikD.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2021Plant Biology