MLEC and infection: Furthermore, the nodulation receptor-like kinase NORK [also known as “doesn’t make infections 2” (DMI2) or “symbiosis receptor-like kinase” (SymRK)], which is part of the Nod factor receptor complex regulating infection thread formation, contains in its ectodomain a malectin-like domain (Endre et al., 2002; Antolín-Llovera et al., 2014).