Chitin-induced dimerization activates a plant immune receptor.
Liu, T., Liu, Z., Song, C., Hu, Y., Han, Z., She, J., Fan, F., Wang, J., Jin, C., Chang, J., Zhou, J.M., Chai, J.(2012) Science 336: 1160-1164
- PubMed: 22654057 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.1218867
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4EBY, 4EBZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Pattern recognition receptors confer plant resistance to pathogen infection by recognizing the conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns. The cell surface receptor chitin elicitor receptor kinase 1 of Arabidopsis (AtCERK1) directly binds chitin through its lysine motif (LysM)-containing ectodomain (AtCERK1-ECD) to activate immune responses ...