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Poster

Session: Session 1 Presenting Authors at Posters (Odds)

P-099 - Understanding the structural basis of disease resistance mediated by wall-associated receptor-like kinases

Monday, July 14, 2025
13:30 - 15:15  
Location: Confex Hall 3
Extracellular & Intracellular non-self recognition & signaling

    Author(s)

  • NT

    Nuren Tasneem

    Australian National University
    Canberra, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia

  • EC

    Emily Cross

    Australian National University
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • EH

    Erin Hill

    Australian National University
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • DE

    Daniel Ericsson

    ANSTO, Australian Synchrotron, Crystallography Beamline Group
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • PS

    Peter Solomon

    Australian National University
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • SW

    Simon J. Williams, PhD (he/him/his)

    The Australian National University
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cell surface immunity receptors play pivotal roles in plant defence, however most studies focus on their capacity to recognise common microbial molecular patterns or damage associated molecules. Despite this, some of the most destructive fungal pathogens of crops produce protein effectors that can be recognised by cell surface immunity receptors to trigger plant immunity. For example, in wheat and canola, wall-associated kinase-like (WAKL) proteins have recently been shown to provide race-specific resistance to isolates of Zymoseptoria tritici and Leptosphaeria maculans, respectively. Here we present data concerning the structural basis of effector recognition by this enigmatic class of receptor.