S-nitrosylation of the zinc finger protein SRG1 regulates plant immunity

Upon pathogen infection plants accumulate nitric oxide which subsequently regulates defence gene expression. Here, the authors show that S-nitrosylation of the zinc finger transcription factor SRG1 affects transcriptional suppression and contributes to activation of defence responses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beimi Cui, Qiaona Pan, David Clarke, Marisol Ochoa Villarreal, Saima Umbreen, Bo Yuan, Weixing Shan, Jihong Jiang, Gary J. Loake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06578-3