Singh Yeshveer, Verma Praveen Kumar
Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India.
Plant Immunity Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India; Plant Immunity Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Jun;27(6):513-515. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.02.007. Epub 2022 Mar 9.
Stomata offer an effortless opportunity for pathogens to enter host plants and exploit that resource. Upon pathogen attack, stomatal closure is a commonly observed response to prevent microbial invasion. A recent study by Zou et al. shows that stomatal closure following exposure to microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) is mediated by altered actin dynamics in an MPK3/6 phosphorylation- and VLN3-dependent manner.