title: Role of LysM receptors in chitin-triggered plant innate immunity.
abstract: Recent research findings clearly indicate that lysin motif (LysM)-containing cell surface receptors are involved in the recognition of specific oligosaccharide elicitors (chitin and peptidoglycan), which trigger an innate immunity response in plants. These receptors are either LysM-containing receptor-like kinases (LYKs) or LysM-containing receptor proteins (LYPs). In Arabidopsis, five LYKs (AtCERK1/AtLYK1 and AtLYK2-5) and three LYPs (AtLYP1-3) are likely expressed on the plasma membrane. In this review, we summarize recent research results on the role of these receptors in plant innate immunity, including the recent structural characterization of AtCERK1 and composition of the various receptor complexes in Arabidopsis.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry; National Center for Soybean Biotechnology; Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors.forename: Kiwamu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry; National Center for Soybean Biotechnology; Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors.forename: Cuong T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry; National Center for Soybean Biotechnology; Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry; National Center for Soybean Biotechnology; Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors.forename: Yangrong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry; National Center for Soybean Biotechnology; Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO USA.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stacey
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D002686:Chitin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D060467:Disease Resistance; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D002686:Chitin; C525882:CERK1 protein, Arabidopsis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases