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Its key effector SIE141 elicits immunity against Phytophthora and salt tolerance by binding and relocalizing thioredoxin CDSP32 from chloroplast to the nucleus. Here, we show that this functionally essential nuclear transfer process of the SIE141-CDSP32 complex is mediated by the host NTF2 proteins. NTF2 family proteins are direct targets of SIE141, whose knockdown abolished nuclear accumulation of both SIE141 and CDSP32, leading to their rendered accumulation to chloroplasts. The glutamine residue at position 40 of NbNTF2A is critical for its interaction with both SIE141 and Ran-GTPase 1. SIE141 modulates NbNTF2-NbRan1 interaction in a dose-dependent manner, without impairing nuclear accumulation of NbRan1 and the NTF2-mediated positive immune function of Ran1. 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