Molecular and Biological Properties of Snakins: The Foremost Cysteine-Rich Plant Host Defense Peptides.

ABSTRACT: Plant host defense peptides (HDPs), also known as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), are regarded as one of the most prevalent barriers elaborated by plants to combat various infective agents. Among the multiple classes of HDPs, the Snakin class attracts special concern, as they carry 12 cysteine residues, being the foremost cysteine-rich peptides of the plant HDPs. Also, their cysteines are present at very highly conserved positions and arranged in an extremely similar way among different members. Like other plant HDPs, Snakins have been shown to exhibit strong antifungal and antibacterial activity against a wide range of plant pathogens. Moreover, they display diversified biological activities in many aspects of plant growth and the development process. This review is devoted to present the

SUBMITTER: Su T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7711543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature