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| Title | An activated wheat CC-NLR immune receptor forms an octameric resistosome. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Mar 20, 2026 |
Authors | Guanghao Guo / He Zhao / Kaihong Bai / Jian Lu / Qiuhong Wu / Lei Lu / Yue Zhang / Lingli Dong / Guangwei Li / Yongxing Chen / Yikun Hou / Ping Lu / Miaomiao Li / Huaizhi Zhang / Gaojie Wang / Keyu Zhu / Baoge Huang / Xuejia Cui / Hongkui Fu / Chenchen Hu / Zhiying Chu / Xue Lyu / Sophien Kamoun / Chao Wang / Zhiyong Liu / Muniyandi Selvaraj / Jonathan D G Jones / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors are widespread intracellular immune sensors across kingdoms. Plant G10-type coiled-coil (CC)-NLRs constitute a distinct phylogenetic clade that ...Nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors are widespread intracellular immune sensors across kingdoms. Plant G10-type coiled-coil (CC)-NLRs constitute a distinct phylogenetic clade that remains poorly characterized. Here, we identified a gain-of-function mutant of wheat autoimmunity 3 (WAI3), which encodes a constitutively active CC-NLR resulting from a residue substitution in the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) analysis reveals that activated WAI3 assembles into a distinctive octameric resistosome. Arabidopsis RPS2, another CC-NLR, also forms an octamer, indicating a conserved structural property across monocot and dicot plants. The WAI3 resistosome induces a prolonged and sustained increase in cytosolic calcium, likely facilitated by a unique channel architecture arising from its divergent coiled-coil (CC) domain configuration. Notably, this domain arrangement may be shared by plant NLRs that lack the conserved EDVID (Glu-Asp-Val-Ile-Asp) motif in their CC domains. Together, our findings uncover a conserved yet previously uncharacterized NLR resistosome structure and provide insights into the plant immune receptor plasticity. |
External links | Cell / PubMed:41864205 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.6 - 4.6 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-51810, PDB-9h2l: EMDB-51852, PDB-9h4i: EMDB-51910, PDB-9h73: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ATP: |
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Keywords | PLANT PROTEIN / G10-NLR / Octamer / Resistance / LRR / Wheat / resistosome |
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