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An HMA-like integrated domain in the wheat tandem kinase WTK4 recognises an RNase-like pathogen effector.
Nature communications - 6 Jul 2026
Bernasconi Zoe, Stirnemann Ursin, Xu Yang, Herger Aline G, Chen Renjie, Widrig Victoria, Heuberger Matthias, Lettieri Mariantonietta, Müller Marion C, Wulff Brande B H, Wicker Thomas, Keller Beat, Sánchez-Martín Javier
Abstract excerpt
Proteins with a tandem kinase structure have recently emerged as players in race-specific resistance in cereal crops. However, the molecular understanding of these immune receptors' resistance mechanisms is limited by the lack of knowledge about the pathogen effectors that they recognise. In this work, we identify AvrWTK4, the wheat powdery mildew RNase-like effector recognised by the wheat tandem kinase protein...
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