Primary Structure Analysis of Antifungal Peptides from Cultivated and Wild Cereals.

ABSTRACT: Cereal-derived bioactive peptides with antimicrobial activity have been poorly explored compared to those from dicotyledonous plants. Furthermore, there are a few reports addressing the structural differences between antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from cultivated and wild cereals, which may shed light on significant varieties in the range and level of their antimicrobial activity. We performed a primary structure analysis of some antimicrobial peptides from wild and cultivated cereals to find out the features that are associated with the much higher antimicrobial resistance characteristic of wild plants. In this review, we identified and analyzed the main parameters determining significant antifungal activity. They relate to a high variability level in the sequences of C-terminal fragments

SUBMITTER: Rogozhin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160967 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature