Isolation and amino acid sequence of two new PR-4 proteins from wheat |
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Authors: | Caruso C Nobile M Leonardi L Bertini L Buonocore V Caporale C |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Agrobiologia ed Agrochimica, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy |
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Abstract: | We have purified and characterized two new pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins from wheat belonging to the PR-4 family. We named the proteins wheatwin3 and wheatwin4 in analogy with the previously characterized wheatwin1 and wheatwin2. Their isoelectric points were 7.1 and 8.4, respectively. We determined the complete amino acid sequence of both proteins by a rapid approach based on the knowledge of the primary structures of the homologous wheatwin1 and wheatwin2. Wheatwin3 differs from wheatwin1 in one substitution at position 88, while wheatwin4 differs from wheatwin2 in one substitution at position 78. The secondary structure and solvent accessibility of these residues were determined on the three-dimensional model of wheatwin1. Residue 88 was very accessible and was located in a flexible region. Preliminary results indicate that, like wheatwin1 and wheatwin2, wheatwin3 and wheatwin4 have antifungal activity. |
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Keywords: | Amino acid sequence molecular modeling pathogenesis-related proteins wheat kernel |
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