The PXC3 receptor-like kinase constitutively interacts with BAK1 and is involved in vascular development in Arabidopsis.

We designed an experiment to identify BAK1 interactors considering that it could be a coreceptor for the GOLVEN6 (GLV6) signaling peptide involved in lateral root organogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. A BAK1pro:BAK1-GFP/bak1-4 line crossed to an estradiol-inducible GLV6 overexpression line (BAK1pro:BAK1-GFP/bak1-4xiGLV6) was treated with mock or estradiol followed by affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS) experiments using anti-GFP beads in microsomal-enriched fractions. Statistical analysis of estradiol-treated vs. mock seedlings did not reveal significant differences. Nevertheless, we remarked that regardless of the treatment, several LRR-RLKs co-eluted with BAK1-GFP, comprising known, as well as, unknown interactors. We confirmed interaction of BAK1 with these LRR-RLKs by BIFC and identified the PXC3 receptor as a BAK1 constitutive interactor, which was further verified by co-IP.