a, In silico representation of BAK1 cytoplasmic domain (BAK1CD) structure (3UIM.pdb). The activation segment region is presented in green and the catalytic loop in purple. b, Conservation of BAK1-Y403 in SERK proteins across plant species. Clustal Omega multiple alignments were visualized using JalView v2.10.2b2. The alignment is coloured by percentage identity. Magenta, conservation of BAK1-Y403. Protein IDs used for the alignments: PpSERK1(B9MW41), PpSERK2(B9IQM9), PpSERK3(B9HFX1), PpSERK4(B9H599),DlSERK(B5TTV0), MtSERK1(Q8GRK2), MtSERK2(E2IXG1), MtSERK3(E2IXG8), MtSERK4(E2IXG2), MtSERK5(E2IXG3), MtSERK6(E2IXG4), GmSERK1(C6ZGA8), GmSERK2(C6FF61), CuSERK (Q6BE26), CsSERK(C3V9W0), VvSERK1(D7TXV2), VvSERK2(A5BIY4), VvSERK3(D7STF6), CpSERK1(A7L5U3), CpSERK2(E5D6S9), GhSERK1(E5Q8K6), GhSERK2(F5BZU9), GhSERK3(F6MF11), StSERK(A3R789), SpSERK(A6N8J2), SlSERK1(G0XZA3), SlSERK3A(G0XZA5), SlSERK3B(G0XZA6), DcSERK(O23921), AtSERK1(Q94AG2), AtSERK2(Q9XIC7), AtSERK3(Q94F62), AtSERK4(Q9SKG5), AtSERK5(Q8LPS5), NbSERK3A(E3VXE6), NbSERK3B(E3VXE7), OsbiSERK(Q6S7F1), OsSERK(Q5Y8C8), OsSERKlike1(Q67X31), OsSERKlike2(Q6K4T4), SbSERK1(C5YHV3), SbSERK2(C5Y9S6), SbSERK3(C5XVP5), AcSERK1(H6SU43), AcSERK2(H6UP78), AcSERK3(H6UP79), ClSERK(G2XLB1), CnSERK(Q5S1N9), ZmSERK1(Q93W70), ZmSERK2(Q94IJ5), ZmSERK3(B4G007), TaSERK1(G4XGX1), TaSERK2(G4XGX2), TaSERKlike3(G4XGX3), SmSERK1(D8SBB8), SmSERK2(D8S0N3), SmSERK3(D8S4M4), SmSERK4(D8R6C9), MpSERK(A7VM18), PpSERK1(A9STU8), PpSERK2(A9SMW5), PpSERK3(A9RY79), PoapSERKlike1(Q659J0), PoapSERKlike2(Q659J1), CeSERK(A7VM46).