Dual Activities of Receptor-Like Kinase OsWAKL21.2 Induce Immune Responses
Kamal Malukani, Ashish Ranjan, Shiva Jyothi Hota, Hitendra Kumar Patel, Ramesh V. Sonti
Abstract
) also activates plant immune responses. OsWAKL21.2 is a dual-activity kinase that has in vitro kinase and guanylate cyclase activities. Interestingly, kinase activity of OsWAKL21.2 is necessary to activate rice immune responses, whereas in Arabidopsis, OsWAKL21.2 guanylate cyclase activity activates these responses. Our study reveals a rice receptor kinase that activates immune responses in two different species via two different mechanisms.
Topics & Concepts
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzaeBiologyImmune systemArabidopsisXanthomonas oryzaeCell biologyImmune receptorKinaseBiochemistryMicrobiologyPathogenImmunologyGeneMutantPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies