Properties and mechanisms of action of naturally occurring antifungal peptides

Buckwheat trypsin inhibitor with helical hairpin structure belongs to a new family of plant defence peptides

(2012) Peter B. Oparin et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Genes encoding hevein-like defense peptides in wheat: Distribution, evolution, and role in stress response

(2012) Yaroslav A. Andreev et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Therapeutic use of a cationic antimicrobial peptide from the spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana in the control of experimental candidiasis

(2012) Diego C Rossi et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The plant defensin RsAFP2 induces cell wall stress, septin mislocalization and accumulation of ceramides in Candida albicans

(2012) Karin Thevissen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Transgenic sweet potato expressing thionin from barley gives resistance to black rot disease caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata in leaves and storage roots

(2012) Nobuhiko Muramoto et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Expression of Rice Thaumatin-Like Protein Gene in Transgenic Banana Plants Enhances Resistance to Fusarium Wilt

(2011) F. Mahdavi et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Functional characterization of a synthetic hydrophilic antifungal peptide derived from the marine snail Cenchritis muricatus

(2011) Carlos López-Abarrategui et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Expression of a radish defensin in transgenic wheat confers increased resistance to Fusarium graminearum and Rhizoctonia cerealis

(2011) Zhao Li et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

New Mode of Action for a Knottin Protein Bioinsecticide

(2011) Christophe Chouabe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Disulfide-stabilized Helical Hairpin Structure and Activity of a Novel Antifungal Peptide EcAMP1 from Seeds of Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

(2011) Svetlana B. Nolde et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Histatin 5 Uptake byCandida albicansUtilizes Polyamine Transporters Dur3 and Dur31 Proteins

(2011) Rohitashw Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Penaeid Shrimp

(2011) Anchalee Tassanakajon et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lactoferricin B Inhibits the Phosphorylation of the Two-Component System Response Regulators BasR and CreB

(2011) Yu-Hsuan Ho et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Characterisation, immunolocalisation and antifungal activity of a lipid transfer protein from chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) seeds with novel α-amylase inhibitory properties

(2011) Mariângela S. Diz et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Transgenic maize plants expressing the Totivirus antifungal protein, KP4, are highly resistant to corn smut

(2011) Aron Allen et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Ancient Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens: Australian Mammals Provide New Options

(2011) Jianghui Wang et al.   PLoS One

The Antifungal Plant Defensin HsAFP1 from Heuchera Sanguinea Induces Apoptosis in Candida Albicans

(2011) An M. Aerts et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Can plant defensins be used to engineer durable commercially useful fungal resistance in crop plants?

(2011) Jagdeep Kaur et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Purification, biochemical characterization and antifungal activity of a new lipid transfer protein (LTP) from Coffea canephora seeds with α-amylase inhibitor properties

(2010) Umberto Zottich et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Peptide gomesin triggers cell death through L-type channel calcium influx, MAPK/ERK, PKC and PI3K signaling and generation of reactive oxygen species

(2010) Rossana C. Soletti et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Functional role of charged residues in drosomycin, a Drosophila antifungal peptide

(2010) Zhenting Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Interaction between the Candida albicans High-Osmolarity Glycerol (HOG) Pathway and the Response to Human β-Defensins 2 and 3

(2010) Silvia Argimón et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Fungicidal activity of human lactoferrin-derived peptides based on the antimicrobial αβ region

(2010) N. Kondori et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Permeabilization of Fungal Hyphae by the Plant Defensin NaD1 Occurs through a Cell Wall-dependent Process

(2010) Nicole L. van der Weerden et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Revealing the Lytic Mechanism of the Antimicrobial Peptide Gomesin by Observing Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

(2010) Tatiana M. Domingues et al.   LANGMUIR

Salivary histatin 5 internalization by translocation, but not endocytosis, is required for fungicidal activity in Candida albicans

(2010) Woong Sik Jang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Inducible expression of beta defensins by human respiratory epithelial cells exposed to Aspergillus fumigatus organisms

(2009) Ludmila Alekseeva et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

X-ray scattering studies of model lipid membrane interacting with purothionin provide support for a previously proposed mechanism of membrane lysis

(2009) Jaroslaw Majewski et al.   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

The antifungal plant defensin RsAFP2 from radish induces apoptosis in a metacaspase independent way inCandida albicans

(2009) An M. Aerts et al.   FEBS LETTERS

The chitin-binding capability ofCy-AMP1 from cycad is essential to antifungal activity

(2009) Seiya Yokoyama et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Antimicrobial specificity and mechanism of action of disulfide-removed linear analogs of the plant-derived Cys-rich antimicrobial peptide Ib-AMP1

(2009) Peng Wang et al.   PEPTIDES

Plant defensins—Prospects for the biological functions and biotechnological properties

(2009) André de Oliveira Carvalho et al.   PEPTIDES

Acquired resistance to the rice blast in transgenic rice accumulating the antimicrobial peptide thanatin

(2009) Tomohiro Imamura et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

In Vitro Activity of the Antifungal Plant Defensin RsAFP2 against Candida Isolates and Its In Vivo Efficacy in Prophylactic Murine Models of Candidiasis

(2008) P. M. Tavares et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

NMR Structure of the Cathelicidin-Derived Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles†

(2008) Fernando Porcelli et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Cholesterol, lanosterol, and ergosterol attenuate the membrane association of LL-37(W27F) and temporin L

(2008) Rohit Sood et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The Plant Defensin, NaD1, Enters the Cytoplasm ofFusarium OxysporumHyphae

(2008) Nicole L. van der Weerden et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal structure analysis of NP24-I: a thaumatin-like protein

(2008) Raka Ghosh et al.   PLANTA

Expression of Dm-AMP1 in rice confers resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani

(2008) Sanjay Jha et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

The discovery and analysis of a diverged family of novel antifungal moricin-like peptides in the wax moth Galleria mellonella

(2007) Susan E. Brown et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Discovery of six families of fungal defensin-like peptides provides insights into origin and evolution of the CSαβ defensins

(2007) Shunyi Zhu   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY