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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17568-9
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- Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF79]
- project Engineering Nitrogen Symbiosis for Africa (ENSA) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP11772165]
- project Engineering Nitrogen Symbiosis for Africa (ENSA) by the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID) [OPP11772165]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) [DE-SC0015662]
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Receptor-mediated perception of surface-exposed carbohydrates like lipo- and exo-polysaccharides (EPS) is important for non-self recognition and responses to microbial associated molecular patterns in mammals and plants. In legumes, EPS are monitored and can either block or promote symbiosis with rhizobia depending on their molecular composition. To establish a deeper understanding of receptors involved in EPS recognition, we determined the structure of the Lotus japonicus (Lotus) exopolysaccharide receptor 3 (EPR3) ectodomain. EPR3 forms a compact structure built of three putative carbohydrate-binding modules (M1, M2 and LysM3). M1 and M2 have unique beta alpha beta beta and beta alpha beta folds that have not previously been observed in carbohydrate binding proteins, while LysM3 has a canonical beta alpha alpha beta fold. We demonstrate that this configuration is a structural signature for a ubiquitous class of receptors in the plant kingdom. We show that EPR3 is promiscuous, suggesting that plants can monitor complex microbial communities though this class of receptors. Exopolysaccharides (EPS) are perceived by legumes and regulate symbiosis with rhizobia. Here the authors describe the structure of the Lotus EPS receptor, EPR3 and show that it has atypical beta alpha beta beta and beta alpha beta folds that represent a structural signature for a unique class of EPS receptors in the plant kingdom.
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