Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Two interacting transcriptional coactivators cooperatively control plant immune responses The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) plays a pivotal role in plant defense against biotrophic and hemibiotrophic pathogens. Genetic studies have identified NPR1 and EDS1 as two central hubs in plant local and systemic immunity. However, it is unclear how NPR1 orchestrates gene regulation and whether EDS1 directly participates in transcriptional reprogramming. Here we show that NPR1 and EDS1 synergistically activate Pathogenesis-Related (PR) genes and plant defenses by forming a protein complex and co-opting with Mediator. In particular, we discover that EDS1 functions as an autonomous transcriptional coactivator with intrinsic transactivation domains and physically interacts with the CDK8 subunit of Mediator. Upon SA induction, EDS1 is directly recruited by NPR1 onto the PR1 promoter via physical NPR1-EDS1 interactions, thereby potentiating PR1 activation. We further demonstrate that EDS1 stabilizes NPR1 protein and NPR1 transcriptionally upregulates EDS1 in plant-pathogen interactions. Our results reveal an elegant interplay of key coactivators with Mediator and elucidate novel molecular mechanisms for activating transcription during immune responses.
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