PLEK and infection: Zm00001eb221890, which is predicted as an adaptin-ear-binding coat-associated protein 1 (ZmNECAP1 hereafter) containing a pleckstrin homology domain, shows expression in maize leaves, and displays significant transcriptional induction upon U. maydis infection (Fig. 4d, Supplementary Fig. 2a), however, the expression levels were not changed between SG200 and CR-Sts2 infection (Fig. 4d).