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Quinones shuffling the CARDs

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Quinones are small secondary metabolites synthesized by a broad range of organisms. Perception of these aromatic molecules in plants involves membrane-bound LRR-RLKs to induce downstream cellular responses in plants such as calcium fluxes, specific gene expression and MAPK activation.

Plants utilize a sophisticated and diverse set of perception mechanisms to process a wide array of environmental stimuli informing them of beneficial as well as potentially threatening conditions. Perceived signals can be abiotic, such as light, heat and humidity, or they can derive from living organisms — from the plant itself or from other interacting species. The latter category includes pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that trigger plant immunity, or bacterial and fungal symbiosis factors that manipulate host cells to successfully interact with the partner1. Plant cells also recognize endogenous signals such as phytohormones to regulate growth and development, and small peptides that act as hormones or as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) to induce wound responses or to amplify immune signalling2.

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Fig. 1: Quinone sensing via CARD1 in A. thaliana and CADLs in the parasitic plant P. japonicum.

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    Max Körner, Peter Slaby & Markus Albert

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Körner, M., Slaby, P. & Albert, M. Quinones shuffling the CARDs. Nat. Plants 6, 1074–1075 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0742-z

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