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Isolation and characterisation of plant defensins from seeds of Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Hippocastanaceae and Saxifragaceae.

Authors :
Osborn RW
De Samblanx GW
Thevissen K
Goderis I
Torrekens S
Van Leuven F
Attenborough S
Rees SB
Broekaert WF
Source :
FEBS letters [FEBS Lett] 1995 Jul 17; Vol. 368 (2), pp. 257-62.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

From seeds of Aesculus hippocastanum, Clitoria ternatea, Dahlia merckii and Heuchera sanguinea five antifungal proteins were isolated and shown to be homologous to plant defensins previously characterised from radish seeds and gamma-thionins from Poaceae seeds. Based on the spectrum of their antimicrobial activity and the morphological distortions they induce on fungi the peptides can be divided into two classes. The peptides did not inhibit any of three different alpha-amylases.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0014-5793
Volume :
368
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
FEBS letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
7628617
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)00666-w