@article{fdi:010064619, title = {{T}he {X}anthomonas {A}x21 protein is processed by the general secretory system and is secreted in association with outer membrane vesicles}, author = {{B}ahar, {O}. and {P}ruitt, {R}. and {L}uu, {D}. {D}. and {S}chwessinger, {B}. and {D}audi, {A}. and {L}iu, {F}. and {R}uan, {R}. and {F}ontaine-{B}odin, {L}. and {K}oebnik, {R}alf and {R}onald, {P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}attern recognition receptors ({PRR}s) play an important role in detecting invading pathogens and mounting a robust defense response to restrict infection. {I}n rice, one of the best characterized {PRR}s is {XA}21, a leucine rich repeat receptor-like kinase that confers broad-spectrum resistance to multiple strains of the bacterial pathogen {X}anthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae ({X}oo). {I}n 2009 we reported that an {X}oo protein, called {A}x21, is secreted by a type {I}-secretion system and that it serves to activate {XA}21-mediated immunity. {T}his report has recently been retracted. {H}ere we present data that corrects our previous model. {W}e first show that {A}x21 secretion does not depend on the predicted type {I} secretion systemand that it is processed by the general secretion ({S}ec) system. {W}e further show that {A}x21 is an outer membrane protein, secreted in association with outer membrane vesicles. {F}inally, we provide data showing that ax21 knockout strains do not overcome {XA}21-mediated immunity.}, keywords = {{X}anthomonas ; {R}ice ; {XA}21 ; {O}uter membrane vesicles ; {S}ecretion ; {PAMP}s ; {P}lant immunity}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}eerj}, volume = {2}, numero = {}, pages = {e242 [14 p.]}, ISSN = {2167-8359}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.7717/peerj.242}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064619}, }