Sphingolipids in plant immunity

Abstract Sphingolipids (lipids with a sphingoid base backbone) are important components of eukaryotic membrane systems and key signaling molecules that essential for controlling cellular homeostasis, acclimating to stress, regulating plant immunity. Studies using sphingolipid treatments, measuring sphingolipids in infected plants, functionally studying biosynthetic mutants demonstrated participate cell death defense responses. In this review, we present an updated map review recent progress understanding the functions immunity as structural biological membranes, mediators signaling. Moreover, several pressing questions, such how plasma membrane, particularly microdomains, act perceive pathogens transduce signals during plant–pathogen interactions, remain be further explored future research.