A hydrophobic core in the coiled-coil domain essential for NRC resistosome function
Wang, H.-Y.; Lee, K.-T.; Goh, F.-J.; Bozkurt, T. O.; Wu, C.-H.
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The nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein (NLR) required for cell death (NRC) family represents a group of helper NLRs that are required by sensor NLRs to execute hypersensitive cell death during pathogen infection. NRCs contain an N-terminal coiled-coil (CC) domain essential for their function, yet our knowledge of how this domain contributes to NRC function remains limited. Here, we identified a novel hydrophobic feature within the CC domain that contributes to NRC-mediated immunity. We screened for conserved hydrophobic residues among NRCs and identified seven required for NRC4-mediated cell death. Structural analysis revealed that four of these residues form a hydrophobic core in the CC domain. This hydrophobic core is important for NRC4 subcellular localization, oligomerization, and phospholipid association, but not for NRC4 focal accumulation at the extrahaustorial membrane during Phytophthora infestans infection. Sequence analysis and functional assays revealed this core is highly conserved in NRCs and some singleton NLRs but has degenerated in NRC-dependent sensor NLRs. Our study identifies a novel hydrophobic feature in the CC domain of NRCs and reveals its contribution to NLR-mediated immunity.
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