Lectin Receptor-Like Kinases: The Sensor and Mediator at the Plant Cell Surface

Yali Sun, Zhenzhen Qiao, Wellington Muchero, Jin Gui Chen

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Abstract

Lectin receptor-like kinases (LecRLKs), a plant-specific receptor-like kinase (RLK) sub-family, have been recently found to play crucial roles in plant development and responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. In this review, we first describe the classification and structures of Lectin RLKs. Then we focus on the analysis of functions of LecRLKs in various biological processes and discuss the status of LecRLKs from the ligands they recognize, substrate they target, signaling pathways they are involved in, to the overall regulation of growth-defense tradeoffs. LecRLKs and the signaling components they interact with constitute recognition and protection systems at the plant cell surface contributing to the detection of environmental changes monitoring plant fitness.

Original languageEnglish
Article number596301
JournalFrontiers in Plant Science
Volume11
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 10 2020

Funding

This work was supported by the Plant-Microbe Interfaces Scientific Focus Area and the Center for Bioenergy Innovation Funding. This work was supported by the Plant-Microbe Interfaces Scientific Focus Area and the Center for Bioenergy Innovation by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Keywords

  • abiotic stress
  • biotic stress
  • lectin
  • lectin receptor-like kinase
  • plant defense
  • plant development
  • receptor-like kinase

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