Extracellular ATP targets Arabidopsis RIBONUCLEASE 1 to suppress mycotoxin stress‐induced cell death

What is it about?

ATP is a biological fuel produced by cells to power metabolic reactions necessary for growth. Some of this ATP is leaked out of the cells to form a coating on the external cell surface, from where it controls important processes such as cell death in response to pathogen toxins. We show that this external ATP blocks toxin-induced cell death by suppressing production of a key protein that degrades RNAs - crucial molecules synthesised by decoding information contained in genes.

Featured Image