Isolation, molecular cloning and antimicrobial activity of novel defensins from common chickweed (Stellaria media L.) seeds |
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Authors: | Slavokhotova Anna A Odintsova Tatyana I Rogozhin Eugene A Musolyamov Alexander K Andreev Yaroslav A Grishin Eugene V Egorov Tsezi A |
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Affiliation: | a Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 3, 119991 Moscow, GSP-1, Russian Federation b Laboratory of Neuroreceptors and Neuroregulators, Shemyakin & Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russian Federation |
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Abstract: | Two novel highly homologous defensins, Sm-AMP-D1 and Sm-AMP-D2, were isolated from seeds of common chickweed Stellaria media L. (family Cariophyllaceae). They show sequence homology to defensins of the Brassicaceae plants and display strong inhibitory activity against phytopathogenic fungi and oomycetes in the micromolar range (IC50 ≤ 1 μM). The cDNA sequences coding for Sm-AMP-D1 and Sm-AMP-D2 were obtained. They code for highly homologous precursor proteins, consisting of a signal peptide of 32 amino acid residues and the mature peptide domain of 50 amino acid residues. The Sm-AMP-D1 and Sm-AMP-D2 precursors differ by two amino acids: one in the signal peptide region, and the other, in the mature peptide domain. Two Sm-D1-encoding genes were identified in S. media genome by PCR amplification from the genomic DNA using Sm-D1-specific primers. They contain a single 599-bp intron in the signal peptide domain and differ from each other by nucleotide substitutions in the intron and 3′-untranslated regions, while the coding sequences are well conserved. One of the genes matched perfectly the sm-D1 cDNA sequence. The sm-D genes show promise for engineering pathogen resistance in crops and expand our knowledge on weed genomics. |
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Keywords: | Weeds Stellaria media (L.) Vill Defensin cDNA cloning Gene structure |
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