Publication Date:
2013-10-12
Description:
Flagellin perception in Arabidopsis is through recognition of its highly conserved N-terminal epitope (flg22) by flagellin-sensitive 2 (FLS2). Flg22 binding induces FLS2 heteromerization with BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1-associated kinase 1 (BAK1) and their reciprocal activation followed by plant immunity. Here, we report the crystal structure of FLS2 and BAK1 ectodomains complexed with flg22 at 3.06 angstroms. A conserved and a nonconserved site from the inner surface of the FLS2 solenoid recognize the C- and N-terminal segment of flg22, respectively, without oligomerization or conformational changes in the FLS2 ectodomain. Besides directly interacting with FLS2, BAK1 acts as a co-receptor by recognizing the C terminus of the FLS2-bound flg22. Our data reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying FLS2-BAK1 complex recognition of flg22 and provide insight into the immune receptor complex activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sun, Yadong -- Li, Lei -- Macho, Alberto P -- Han, Zhifu -- Hu, Zehan -- Zipfel, Cyril -- Zhou, Jian-Min -- Chai, Jijie -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2013 Nov 1;342(6158):624-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1243825. Epub 2013 Oct 10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China, and Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24114786" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antigen-Antibody Complex/*chemistry
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Arabidopsis/*immunology
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Arabidopsis Proteins/*chemistry
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Flagellin/*chemistry
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Protein Kinases/*chemistry
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*chemistry
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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