Osmotin, a Pathogenesis-Related Protein

0389803 - MBÚ 2013 RIV AE eng J - Journal Article
Viktorová, J. - Krásný, Lukáš - Kamlar, M. - Nováková, M. - Macková, M. - Macek, T.
Osmotin, a Pathogenesis-Related Protein.
Current Protein and Peptide Science. Roč. 13, č. 7 (2012), s. 672-681. ISSN 1389-2037. E-ISSN 1875-5550
Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) GAP501/11/1654; GA ČR(CZ) GA522/09/1693
Program: GA; GA
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : osmotin * pathogenesis-related proteins * antifungal activity
Subject RIV: CE - Biochemistry
Impact factor: 2.326, year: 2012

Plants protect themselves from pathogen invasion through the local expression of a variety of pathogenesis-related proteins. They are highly diverse in both primary structure and length, and exhibit different direct antimicrobial activity. This text reviews the knowledge of osmotin, antimicrobial protein involved in innate immunity of plants. Osmotin belongs to the fifth class of the group of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins and has been found in different plants species, in every case osmotin is cysteine-rich protein involved in plant defense responses to several pathogens and abiotic stresses. The phylogenetic tree of amino acids compositions of osmotins from different plant species is presented and the basic similarities of clusters are discussed in this review
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