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A plant receptor-like kinase required for both bacterial and fungal symbiosis

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  • Silke Stracke

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre)

  • Catherine Kistner

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre)

  • Satoko Yoshida

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre)

  • Lonneke Mulder

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre)

  • Shusei Sato

    (Kazusa DNA Research Institute)

  • Takakazu Kaneko

    (Kazusa DNA Research Institute)

  • Satoshi Tabata

    (Kazusa DNA Research Institute)

  • Niels Sandal

    (Laboratory of Gene Expression, IMSB, University of Aarhus)

  • Jens Stougaard

    (Laboratory of Gene Expression, IMSB, University of Aarhus)

  • Krzysztof Szczyglowski

    (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre)

  • Martin Parniske

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre)

Abstract

Most higher plant species can enter a root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, in which plant carbon is traded for fungal phosphate1,2. This is an ancient symbiosis, which has been detected in fossils of early land plants3. In contrast, the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses of plants with bacteria evolved more recently, and are phylogenetically restricted to the rosid I clade of plants4. Both symbioses rely on partially overlapping genetic programmes5,6. We have identified the molecular basis for this convergence by cloning orthologous SYMRK (‘symbiosis receptor-like kinase’) genes from Lotus and pea, which are required for both fungal and bacterial recognition. SYMRK is predicted to have a signal peptide, an extracellular domain comprising leucine-rich repeats, a transmembrane and an intracellular protein kinase domain. Lotus SYMRK is required for a symbiotic signal transduction pathway leading from the perception of microbial signal molecules to rapid symbiosis-related gene activation. The perception of symbiotic fungi and bacteria is mediated by at least one common signalling component, which could have been recruited during the evolution of root nodule symbioses from the already existing arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.

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  • Silke Stracke & Catherine Kistner & Satoko Yoshida & Lonneke Mulder & Shusei Sato & Takakazu Kaneko & Satoshi Tabata & Niels Sandal & Jens Stougaard & Krzysztof Szczyglowski & Martin Parniske, 2002. "A plant receptor-like kinase required for both bacterial and fungal symbiosis," Nature, Nature, vol. 417(6892), pages 959-962, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:417:y:2002:i:6892:d:10.1038_nature00841
    DOI: 10.1038/nature00841
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    1. Manuel Frank & Lavinia Ioana Fechete & Francesca Tedeschi & Marcin Nadzieja & Malita Malou Malekzadeh Nørgaard & Jesus Montiel & Kasper Røjkjær Andersen & Mikkel H. Schierup & Dugald Reid & Stig Ugger, 2023. "Single-cell analysis identifies genes facilitating rhizobium infection in Lotus japonicus," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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