Defense Peptides From the α-Hairpinin Family Are Components of Plant Innate Immunity

Plant immunity represents a sophisticated system, including both basal and inducible mechanisms, to prevent pathogen infection. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are among the innate immunity components playing a key role in effective and rapid response against various pathogens. This review is devoted...

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Published in:Frontiers in plant science 2020-04, Vol.11, p.465-465
Main Authors: Slavokhotova, Anna A, Rogozhin, Eugene A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
antimicrobial peptides
defense peptides
plant innate immunity
Plant Science
primary and spatial structures
protein-precursors
α-hairpinins
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Summary:Plant immunity represents a sophisticated system, including both basal and inducible mechanisms, to prevent pathogen infection. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are among the innate immunity components playing a key role in effective and rapid response against various pathogens. This review is devoted to a small family of defense peptides called α-hairpinins. The general characters of the family, as well as the individual features of each member, including biological activities, structures of precursor proteins, and spatial structures, are described. Possible applications of α-hairpinin peptides in drug design are discussed.
ISSN:1664-462X
1664-462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2020.00465