The tomato receptor CuRe1 senses a cell wall protein to identify Cuscuta as a pathogen

The tomato receptor CuRe1 senses a cell wall protein to identify Cuscuta as a pathogen

Parasitic plants such as Cuscuta penetrate the shoots of susceptible hosts to obtain sugars, solutes and water. Here the authors show that resistant varieties of tomato can trigger an immune response against Cuscuta by perceiving a small glycine rich protein produced by the parasite.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Volker Hegenauer, Peter Slaby, Max Körner, Julien-Alexander Bruckmüller, Ronja Burggraf, Isabell Albert, Bettina Kaiser, Birgit Löffelhardt, Irina Droste-Borel, Jan Sklenar, Frank L. H. Menke, Boris Maček, Aashish Ranjan, Neelima Sinha, Thorsten Nürnberger, Georg Felix, Kirsten Krause, Mark Stahl, Markus Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19147-4

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19147-4

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