Gene editing of the transmembrane kinase SOAK1 fine-tunes reactive oxygen species production for enhanced disease resistance in potato.
An RLCK-V subfamily member in potato is reported, StSOAK1, which negatively regulates disease resistance to the oomycete Phytophthora infestans and the fungus Botrytis cinerea and reveals a regulatory mechanism of potato StRBOHB, which occurs in parallel with its paradigmatic AtPBL13-mediated regulation in Arabidopsis.