Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants

• Main Authors: Tam, James Pingkwan, Wang, Shujing, Wong, Ka Ho, Tan, Wei Liang
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Cysteine-rich peptides; Cystine knot; Thionin; Knottin; Plant antimicrobial peptides; Defensin; Hevein
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81223; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39187
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Plant antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have evolved differently from AMPs from other life forms. They are generally rich in cysteine residues which form multiple disulfides. In turn, the disulfides cross-braced plant AMPs as cystine-rich peptides to confer them with extraordinary high chemical, thermal...