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RGI-GOLVEN signalling promotes FLS2 abundance to regulate plant immunity

Stegmann, M.; Zecua-Ramirez, P.; Ludwig, C.; Lee, H.-S.; Peterson, B.; Nimchuk, Z. L.; Belkhadir, Y.; Hueckelhoven, R.

2021-01-30 plant biology
10.1101/2021.01.29.428839 bioRxiv
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Endogenous plant signalling peptides regulate developmental and growth-related processes. Recent research indicates that some of these peptides are classified as phytocytokines as they have regulatory functions during plant immune responses. However, the mechanistic basis for phytocytokine-mediated immune modulation remains largely elusive. Here, we identify GOLVEN2 (GLV2) peptides as novel phytocytokines in Arabidopsis thaliana. By peptide application, precursor overexpression and loss-of-function studies we show that GLV2 enhances sensitivity of plants to elicitation with the bacterial flagellin epitope flg22. GLV2 is perceived by ROOT MERISTEM GROWTH FACTOR 1 INSENSITIVE (RGI) receptors and RGI3 forms an flg22-induced complex with the flg22-receptor FLAGELLIN SENSITIVE 2, suggesting that RGIs are part of activated pattern recognition receptor signalling platforms. GLV2 perception increases posttranscriptional FLS2 abundance and RGIs promote FLS2 protein accumulation. Thus, GLV-RGI signalling controls above ground plant immunity via a novel mechanism of phytocytokine activity.

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