Role of Aromatic Amino Acids in Lipopolysaccharide and Membrane Interactions of Antimicrobial Peptides for Use in Plant Disease Control

• Main Authors: Datta, Aritreyee, Bhattacharyya, Dipita, Singh, Shalini, Ghosh, Anirban, Schmidtchen, Artur, Malmsten, Martin, Bhunia, Anirban
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: antimicrobial peptide (AMP); lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83807; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41538
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

KYE28 (KYEITTIHNLFRKLTHRLFRRNFGYT-LR), the representative sequence of helix D of heparin co-factor II, was demonstrated to be potent against agronomically important Gram-negative plant pathogens Xanthomonas vesicatoria and Xanthomonas oryzae, capable of inhibiting disease symptoms in detached tomato...