The Defensins Consist of Two Independent, Convergent Protein Superfamilies

Structural homology guided alignment of cysteine rich proteins

(2016) Thomas M. A. Shafee et al.   SpringerPlus

Sequence diversity and evolution of antimicrobial peptides in invertebrates

(2015) Anchalee Tassanakajon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The Tomato Defensin TPP3 Binds Phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-Bisphosphate via a Conserved Dimeric Cationic Grip Conformation To Mediate Cell Lysis

(2015) Amy A. Baxter et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Genes and evolution of two-domain toxins from lynx spider venom

(2014) Maria Y. Sachkova et al.   FEBS LETTERS

The role of disulfide bonds in structure and activity of chlorotoxin

(2014) Paola G Ojeda et al.   Future Medicinal Chemistry

Experimental Conversion of a Defensin into a Neurotoxin: Implications for Origin of Toxic Function

(2014) Shunyi Zhu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of primate α and θ defensins revealed by analysis of genomes

(2014) Diyan Li et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Defensins: antifungal lessons from eukaryotes

(2014) Patrícia M. Silva et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Evolutionary Relationship and Structural Characterization of the EPF/EPFL Gene Family

(2013) Naoki Takata et al.   PLoS One

Intrinsic evolutionary constraints on protease structure, enzyme acylation, and the identity of the catalytic triad

(2013) A. R. Buller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of a pore-blocking toxin in complex with a eukaryotic voltage-dependent K+ channel

(2013) Anirban Banerjee et al.   eLife

Dimerization of Plant Defensin NaD1 Enhances Its Antifungal Activity

(2012) Fung T. Lay et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ß-Defensins: Multifunctional Modulators of Infection, Inflammation and More?

(2012) Fiona Semple et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Plant defensins: Common fold, multiple functions

(2012) Nicole L. van der Weerden et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Modes of antifungal action and in planta functions of plant defensins and defensin-like peptides

(2012) Barbara De Coninck et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Distribution and characteristics of ABFs, cecropins, nemapores, and lysozymes in nematodes

(2011) D. Ellen K. Tarr   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Inducible ASABF-Type Antimicrobial Peptide from the Sponge Suberites domuncula: Microbicidal and Hemolytic Activity in Vitro and Toxic Effect on Molluscs in Vivo

(2011) Matthias Wiens et al.   Marine Drugs

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Properties of the bubble protein, a defensin and an abundant component of a fungal exudate

(2011) Marcus Seibold et al.   PEPTIDES

Big Defensins, a Diverse Family of Antimicrobial Peptides That Follows Different Patterns of Expression in Hemocytes of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2011) Rafael D. Rosa et al.   PLoS One

Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees

(2011) S. H. Woodard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The NMR structure of stomagen reveals the basis of stomatal density regulation by plant peptide hormones

(2011) Shinya Ohki et al.   Nature Communications

Dali server: conservation mapping in 3D

(2010) Liisa Holm et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Convergent evolution of similar enzymatic function on different protein folds: The hexokinase, ribokinase, and galactokinase families of sugar kinases

(2010) Peer Bork et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Novel Venom Proteins Produced by Differential Domain-Expression Strategies in Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters (genus Heloderma)

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Eye evolution: common use and independent recruitment of genetic components

(2009) P. Vopalensky et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hydramacin-1, Structure and Antibacterial Activity of a Protein from the Basal MetazoanHydra

(2008) Sascha Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY