Identification and Characterization of CC-AMP1-like and CC-AMP2-like Peptides in <i>Capsicum</i> spp.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds with a variety of bioactive properties. Especially promising are their antibacterial activities, often toward drug-resistant pathogens. Across different AMP sources, AMPs expressed within plants are relatively underexplored with a limited number of plant AMP families identified. Recently, we identified the novel AMPs CC-AMP1 and CC-AMP2 in ghost pepper plants (Capsicum chinense x frutescens), exerting promising antibacterial activity and not classifying into any known plant AMP family. Herein, AMPs related to CC-AMP1 and CC-AMP2 were identified within both Capsicum annuum and Capsicum baccatum. In silico predictions throughout plants were utilized to illustrate that CC-AMP1-like and CC-AMP2-like peptides belong

SUBMITTER: Culver KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11296913 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature