The symphony of maize signaling quartet defending against gray leaf spot
Ping Wang, Ping He
Stress Biology ›› 2024, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (1) : 18.
The symphony of maize signaling quartet defending against gray leaf spot
In plant immunity, a well-orchestrated cascade is initiated by the dimerization of receptor-like kinases (RLKs), followed by the phosphorylation of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases (RLCKs) and subsequent activation of NADPH oxidases for ROS generation. Recent findings by Zhong et al. illustrated that a maize signaling module comprising ZmWAKL-ZmWIK-ZmBLK1-ZmRBOH4 governs quantitative disease resistance to grey leaf spot, a pervasive fungal disease in maize worldwide, unveiling the conservation of this signaling quartet in plant immunity.
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