Plant cell surface receptors multitask!
Plant cell surface receptors perceive diverse cues from microbes, herbivores, parasites, and plant-derived molecular patterns to trigger immune responses.
Selected elicitors and their receptors are multifunctional, coordinating immune signaling with adaptation to abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, and nutrient limitation.
Immune activation and stress adaptation are reciprocally reinforcing, with cell surface receptors serving as central integrating nodes.
Cell surface receptors link immunity to iron, nitrogen, and phosphate acquisition pathways, enabling spatiotemporal control of nutritional immunity.
Engineering multifunctional receptor modules offers a promising route to crops with enhanced resilience to combined biotic and abiotic stresses.
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(26)00097-X
