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The kinase LYK5 is a major chitin receptor in Arabidopsis and forms a chitin-induced complex with related kinase CERK1.
eLife - 23 Oct 2014
Cao Yangrong, Liang Yan, Tanaka Kiwamu, Nguyen Cuong T, Jedrzejczak Robert P, Joachimiak Andrzej, Stacey Gary
Abstract excerpt
Chitin is a fungal microbe-associated molecular pattern recognized in Arabidopsis by a lysin motif receptor kinase (LYK), AtCERK1. Previous research suggested that AtCERK1 is the major chitin receptor and mediates chitin-induced signaling through homodimerization and phosphorylation. However, the reported chitin binding affinity of AtCERK1 is quite low, suggesting another receptor with high chitin binding...
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