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Review
. 2001 Jul;67(7):2883-94.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.2883-2894.2001.

Antifungal proteins

C P Selitrennikoff  1
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Review

Antifungal proteins

C P Selitrennikoff. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001 Jul.
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Figures

FIG. 1
FIG. 1
Schematic of fungal cell wall. GPI, glycophosphatidylinositol.
FIG. 2
FIG. 2
Amino acid sequence alignment of representative PR-1 proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana (accession no. P33154), Brassica napus (rape, accession no. T08154), Solanum tuberosum (potato, accession no. CAB58263), Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato, accession no. CAA04881), Sambucus nigra (elder, accession no. Q41359), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco, accession no. S10205), Hordeum vulgare (barley, accession no. Q05968), and Zea mays (maize, accession no. T02054). Alignments were performed with the ClustalW program (http://clustalw.genome.ad.jp/); ∗ indicates amino acid identity.
FIG. 3
FIG. 3
Amino acid sequence alignment of selected PR-4 proteins from Vitis vinifera (accession no. AAC33732), Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco, accession no. S23799), Arabidopsis thaliana (accession no. P43082), Hordeum vulgare (barley-barwin, accession no. A43474), and Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato, accession no. P04284 and Q04108). Alignments were performed with the ClustalW program; ∗ indicates amino acid identity.
FIG. 4
FIG. 4
Amino acid sequence alignment of selected group I to IV defensins. Rs-AFP 1 to 4 are from Raphanus sativas (radish, accession no. P30225, P30230, 024332, and 024331), At-AFP1 to 3 are from Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress, accession no. P30224, 080995, and 080994), AFP2-BRANA (rape, accession no. P30226) and AFP3-BRANA (rape, accession no. Q39313) are from Brassica napus, AFP1-BRARA (accession no. P30227) and AFP2-BRARA (accession no. P30228) are from B. rapa, AFP1_SINAL (white mustard, accession no. P30231) and AF2A_SINAL (white mustard, accession no. P30232) are from Sinapis alba, Ct-AMP1 (accession no. S66219) is from Clitoria ternate, Ah-AMP1 (common horse chestnut, accession no. S66218) is from Aesculus hippocastanum, Dm-AMP1 (bedding dahlia seeds, accession no. AAB34972) is from Dahlia merckii, St-PTH1 (potato tubers, accession no. AAB 31351) is from Solanum tuberosum, Siα2 (sorghum, accession no. P21924) is from Sorghum bicolor, and So-D1- to -7 (spinach) are from Spinacia oleracea. Alignments were done with the ClustalW program;∗ indicates amino acid identity.
FIG. 5
FIG. 5
Amino acid sequence alignment of selected glycine/histidine-rich proteins. Tenecin 3 (yellow mealworm, accession no. AAA97579.1) is from Tenebrio molitor, AFP (flesh fly, accession no. BAA02954.1) is from Sarcophaga peregrina, and holotricin 3 (accession no. BAA02889) is from Holotrichia diomphalia. Alignments were done with the ClustalW program, ∗ indicates amino acid identity.
FIG. 6
FIG. 6
Amino acid sequence alignment of selected LTPs. NLTP_BETVU (beet, accession no. Q43748) is from Beta vulgaris, LTP_SPIN (common spinach, accession no. S00060) is from Spinacia oleracea, NLT1_LYCES (tomato, accession no. P93224) is from Lycopersicon esculentum, LTP1 (tomato, accession no. AAB07486) is from L. pennellii, NLT1_TOBAC (common tobacco, accession Q42952) is from Nicotiana tabacum, NLT1_GOSHI (upland cotton, accession no. 42762) is from Gossypium hirsutum, NLT1_PRUDU (almond, accession no. Q43017) is from Prunus dulcis, NLTP_HELAN (common sunflower, accession no. Q39950) is from Helianthus annuus, NLT1-RICE (rice, accession no. T02038) is from Oryza sativa, and NLTP_CICAR (chickpea, accession no. 023758) is from Cicer arietinum. Alignments were done with the ClustalW program; ∗ indicates amino acid identity.
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