Antifungal symbiotic peptide NCR044 exhibits unique structure and multifaceted mechanisms of action that confer plant protection

A lipophilic cation protects crops against fungal pathogens by multiple modes of action

(2020) Gero Steinberg et al.   Nature Communications

Benchmarking fold detection by DaliLite v.5

(2019) Liisa Holm   BIOINFORMATICS

Role of antimicrobial peptides in controlling symbiotic bacterial populations

(2018) P. Mergaert   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

The evolution, function and mechanisms of action for plant defensins

(2018) Kathy Parisi et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Impact of Plant Peptides on Symbiotic Nodule Development and Functioning

(2018) Attila Kereszt et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Cytosolic expression, solution structures, and molecular dynamics simulation of genetically encodable disulfide-rich de novo designed peptides

(2018) Garry W. Buchko et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Human β-defensin 2 killsCandida albicansthrough phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate–mediated membrane permeabilization

(2018) Michael Järvå et al.   Science Advances

Antimicrobial Activity of NCR Plant Peptides Strongly Depends on the Test Assays

(2018) Attila Farkas et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antifungal plant defensins: increased insight in their mode of action as a basis for their use to combat fungal infections

(2017) Tanne L Cools et al.   Future Microbiology

Morphotype of bacteroids in different legumes correlates with the number and type of symbiotic NCR peptides

(2017) Jesús Montiel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel bi-domain plant defensin MtDef5 with potent broad-spectrum antifungal activity binds to multiple phospholipids and forms oligomers

(2017) Kazi T. Islam et al.   Scientific Reports

Ribosome surface properties may impose limits on the nature of the cytoplasmic proteome

(2017) Paul E Schavemaker et al.   eLife

Comparative Analysis of the Bacterial Membrane Disruption Effect of Two Natural Plant Antimicrobial Peptides

(2017) Attila Farkas et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Terminal bacteroid differentiation in the legume−rhizobium symbiosis: nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides and beyond

(2016) Benoît Alunni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Disulfide cross-linking influences symbiotic activities of nodule peptide NCR247

(2016) Mohammed Shabab et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit pathogen growth and control rhizobial differentiation in legume nodules

(2015) Gergely Maróti et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

APD3: the antimicrobial peptide database as a tool for research and education

(2015) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Loss of the nodule-specific cysteine rich peptide, NCR169, abolishes symbiotic nitrogen fixation in theMedicago truncatula dnf7mutant

(2015) Beatrix Horváth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An antimicrobial peptide essential for bacterial survival in the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

(2015) Minsoo Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Anti-chlamydial effect of plant peptides

(2014) Emese Balogh et al.   ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA

An integrated analysis of plant and bacterial gene expression in symbiotic root nodules using laser-capture microdissection coupled to RNA sequencing

(2014) Brice Roux et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Medicago truncatula symbiotic peptide NCR247 contributes to bacteroid differentiation through multiple mechanisms

(2014) A. Farkas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Symbiotic Plant Peptides EliminateCandida albicansBothIn Vitroand in an Epithelial Infection Model and Inhibit the Proliferation of Immortalized Human Cells

(2014) Lilla Ördögh et al.   Biomed Research International

Phosphoinositide-mediated oligomerization of a defensin induces cell lysis

(2014) Ivan KH Poon et al.   eLife

A Paradigm for Endosymbiotic Life: Cell Differentiation ofRhizobiumBacteria Provoked by Host Plant Factors

(2013) Eva Kondorosi et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Identification and Mechanism of Action of the Plant Defensin NaD1 as a New Member of the Antifungal Drug Arsenal against Candida albicans

(2013) Brigitte M. E. Hayes et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antimicrobial Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides Induce Membrane Depolarization-Associated Changes in the Transcriptome of Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2013) Hilda Tiricz et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Properties and mechanisms of action of naturally occurring antifungal peptides

(2013) Nicole L. van der Weerden et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Natural roles of antimicrobial peptides in microbes, plants and animals

(2011) Gergely Maróti et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Plant Peptides Govern Terminal Differentiation of Bacteria in Symbiosis

(2010) W. Van de Velde et al.   SCIENCE

A microscale protein NMR sample screening pipeline

(2009) Paolo Rossi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR

Functional and Structural Characterization of DR_0079 fromDeinococcus radiodurans, a Novel Nudix Hydrolase with a Preference for Cytosine (Deoxy)ribonucleoside 5′-Di- and Triphosphates†

(2008) Garry W. Buchko et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY