Plasma membrane compartmentalization spatiotemporally regulates cell-autonomous immune signaling in animal cells. To elucidate immediate early protein dynamics at the plant plasma membrane in response to the bacterial pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) flagellin (flg22) we employed quantitative mass spectrometric analysis on detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) of Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cells. This approach revealed rapid and profound changes in DRM protein composition following PAMP treatment, prominently affecting proton ATPases and receptor-like kinases, including the flagellin receptor FLS2. We employed reverse genetics to address a potential contribution of a subset of these proteins in flg22-triggered cellular responses. Mutants of three candidates (DET3, AHA1, FER) exhibited a conspicuous defect in the PAMP-triggered accumulation of reactive oxygen species. In addition, these mutants showed altered mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation, a defect in PAMP-triggered stomatal closure as well as altered bacterial infection phenotypes, which revealed three novel players in elicitor-dependent oxidative burst control and innate immunity. Our data provide evidence for dynamic elicitor-induced changes in the membrane compartmentalization of PAMP signaling components.To cope with the great number of potential pathogens, plants evolved specialized pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) 5 through which they detect pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) at the cell surface (1). Within seconds to minutes after PAMP perception manifold intracellular responses occur, including ion fluxes across the plasma membrane (PM), increase of cytosolic Ca 2ϩ levels, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and protein phosphorylation. At later time points profound transcriptional changes, stomatal closure as well as local cell wall reinforcement take place (2).The best characterized plant PAMP perception system is the recognition of bacterial flagellin and its elicitor-active epitope, flg22, by the Arabidopsis PRR FLS2 (flagellin sensitive 2; (2)). FLS2 undergoes flg22-induced complex formation with BRl1-associated receptor kinase 1 (BAK1), which precedes and is required for FLS2 endocytosis (2, 3). Indeed, ligand-induced reduction in lateral membrane mobility of FLS2 has been observed in protoplasts (4), which could be explained by either ligand-dependent interactions of FLS2 with e.g. BAK1, the confinement of FLS2 to less mobile membrane compartments, or a combination of both. To ensure adequate perception of PAMPs and tightly regulated downstream signaling, the PM must be spatially highly organized and dynamic. In this context, the recruitment of FLS2 to specialized membrane domains seems crucial to enable ligand-induced endocytosis (5).During the past years, lateral compartmentalization has become a well-recognized topic in plant membrane research (6). The membrane raft hypothesis provides a plausible explanation for the spatial and temporal organization of biological membranes based on t...