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Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate
Kim JH, Castroverde CDM, Huang S, Li C, Hilleary R, Seroka A, Sohrabi R, Medina-Yerena D, Huot B, Wang J, Nomura K, Marr SK, Wildermuth MC, Chen T, MacMicking JD, He SY. Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate. Nature 2022, 607: 339-344. PMID: 35768511, PMCID: PMC9279160, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04902-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalicylic acidTranscription factorsSA productionPlant immune systemEffector-triggered immunityPlant growth temperatureFamily transcription factorsAspects of plantImmune transcription factorsElevated growth temperaturesPlant immunityArabidopsis thalianaBiosynthetic genesBasal immunityPlant growthSA receptorsCBP60Disease triangleWarming climateImpaired recruitmentGrowth temperatureAnimal lifeExtreme weather conditionsSARD1Climate changeA phase-separated nuclear GBPL circuit controls immunity in plants
Huang S, Zhu S, Kumar P, MacMicking JD. A phase-separated nuclear GBPL circuit controls immunity in plants. Nature 2021, 594: 424-429. PMID: 34040255, PMCID: PMC8478157, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03572-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArabidopsisCell NucleusChromatinCryoelectron MicroscopyGene Expression Regulation, PlantGTP-Binding ProteinsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsMediator ComplexMultigene FamilyOrganellesPhase TransitionPlant CellsPlant DiseasesPlant ImmunityPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA Polymerase IITranscription, GeneticConceptsLiquid-liquid phase separationRNA polymerase II machineryMembraneless organellesSitu cryo-electron tomographyDefense gene promotersDiverse cellular activitiesSpecific transcriptional coactivatorsHost gene expressionPhase-separated condensatesCryo-electron tomographyGuanylate-binding proteinsPlant defenseArabidopsis thalianaBiotic stressesAllosteric switchMediator complexTranscriptional responseTranscriptional coactivatorDisease resistanceGene expressionCellular activitiesIndispensable playerBiological importanceOrganellesImmune cues
2019
Cell-autonomous immunity by IFN-induced GBPs in animals and plants
Huang S, Meng Q, Maminska A, MacMicking JD. Cell-autonomous immunity by IFN-induced GBPs in animals and plants. Current Opinion In Immunology 2019, 60: 71-80. PMID: 31176142, PMCID: PMC6800610, DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2019.04.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuanylate binding proteinsHost cell interiorCell-autonomous immunitySensory hubMammalian cytosolAnimal kingdomDownstream effectorsDirect bactericidal activityHost cellsBinding proteinCell interiorBacterial pathogensPlantsRecruitment platformDefensive repertoireArabidopsisOrthologuesGTPasesPhytopathogensBacterial colonizationMicrobesCytosolEffectorsProteinColonization