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SCIENCE
Volume 342, Issue 6158, Pages 624-628Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1243825
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- State Key Program of National Natural Science of China [31130063]
- National Outstanding Young Scholar Science Foundation of China [31025008]
- Chinese Natural Science Foundation [31230007]
- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology [2011CB100700]
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- European Research Council
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies
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Flagellin perception in Arabidopsis is through recognition of its highly conserved N-terminal epitope (flg22) by flagellin-sensitive 2 (FLS2). Flg22 binding induces FLS2 heteromerization with BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1-associated kinase 1 (BAK1) and their reciprocal activation followed by plant immunity. Here, we report the crystal structure of FLS2 and BAK1 ectodomains complexed with flg22 at 3.06 angstroms. A conserved and a nonconserved site from the inner surface of the FLS2 solenoid recognize the C-and N-terminal segment of flg22, respectively, without oligomerization or conformational changes in the FLS2 ectodomain. Besides directly interacting with FLS2, BAK1 acts as a co-receptor by recognizing the C terminus of the FLS2-bound flg22. Our data reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying FLS2-BAK1 complex recognition of flg22 and provide insight into the immune receptor complex activation.
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