Plant innate immunity: perception of conserved microbial signatures

Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2012:63:451-82. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105518. Epub 2012 Feb 9.

Abstract

Plants and animals sense conserved microbial signatures through receptors localized to the plasma membrane and cytoplasm. These receptors typically carry or associate with non-arginine-aspartate (non-RD) kinases that initiate complex signaling networks cumulating in robust defense responses. In plants, coregulatory receptor kinases have been identified that not only are critical for the innate immune response but also serve an essential function in other regulatory signaling pathways.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / immunology
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Wall / immunology
  • Cytoplasm / immunology
  • Cytoplasm / metabolism
  • Endocytosis / immunology
  • Genes, Plant / immunology*
  • Immunity, Innate / immunology
  • Phosphotransferases / immunology
  • Phosphotransferases / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / immunology
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plants / immunology*
  • Plants / metabolism
  • Plants / microbiology*
  • Protein Kinases / immunology
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / immunology
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / immunology*
  • Signal Transduction / genetics*
  • Signal Transduction / immunology*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Plant Proteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Xa21 protein, Oryza sativa
  • Phosphotransferases
  • Protein Kinases
  • FLS2 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases