A vigilant gliding bird protects plants.

Authors :: Guo B
Duan S
Liu F
Fu ZQ
Source :: Trends in biochemical sciences [Trends Biochem Sci] 2022 Oct; Vol. 47 (10), pp. 819-821. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 02.
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: The plant hormone salicylic acid (SA) receptor NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS1 (NPR1) plays a critical role for plant defense against biotrophic and hemi-biotrophic pathogens. In a milestone paper, Kumar, Zavaliev, Wu et al. unraveled the structural basis for the assembly of an enhanceosome by NPR1 in activating the expression of plant defense genes.<br /> (Published by Elsevier Ltd.)