WTAP and infection: However, while analysing the impact of mRNA m6A on plant pathogen infection, it was recently reported that Arabidopsis mutants defective in METTL3, VIR and WTAP orthologs, and a line ectopically overexpressing the mRNA m6A demethylase ALKBH10B, were all more resistant to infection by P. syringae DC3000, P. syringae pv maculicola and a fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea [85].