A research group of the Laboratory of Plant Disease Resistance at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS published a paper titled "Monocotyledon's receptor kinase SDS2 controls cell death and immunity in rice" in Cell Host and Microbe. The group found that SDS2 is a positive regulator of programmed cell death and immunity in rice. This study has established an important foundation for further understanding the rice's innate immune mechanisms.

The U-box E3 ligase SPL11 targets the receptor kinase SDS2 to modulate cell death and immunity in rice