Vaccatides: Antifungal Glutamine-Rich Hevein-Like Peptides from Vaccaria hispanica

• Main Authors: Wong, Ka Ho, Tan, Wei Liang, Kini, Shruthi Gopalkrishna, Xiao, Tianshu, Serra, Aida, Sze, Siu Kwan, Tam, James Pingkwan
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Hevein-like Peptides; Vaccaria Hispanica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86607; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44179
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hevein and hevein-like peptides are disulfide-constrained chitin-binding cysteine-rich peptides. They are divided into three subfamilies, 6C-, 8C-, and 10C-hevein-like peptides, based on the number of cysteine residues. In addition, hevein-like peptides can exist in two forms, short and long. The lo...