The viral silencing suppressor P19 interacts with the receptor-like kinases BAM1 and BAM2 and suppresses the cell-to-cell movement of RNA silencing independently of its ability to bind sRNA

Abstract

Taken together, our results shed new light onto the molecular mechanisms underpinning the role of P19 in silencing suppression, and uncover BAM1/2 as proteins convergently targeted by independently evolved plant viruses, making them emerge as potentially interesting candidates for anti-viral breeding and editing strategies to be explored in the future.