Concerted expansion and contraction of immune receptor gene repertoires in plant genomes.

ABSTRACT: Recent reports suggest that cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors function synergistically to activate robust defence against pathogens, but whether they co-evolve is unclear. Here we determined the numbers of cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors in 350 species. Surprisingly, the number of receptor genes that are predicted to encode cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors is strongly correlated. We suggest this is consistent with mutual potentiation of immunity initiated by cell-surface and intracellular receptors being reflected in the concerted co-evolution of the size of their repertoires across plant species.

SUBMITTER: Ngou BPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9579050 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature