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Structural basis of the antifungal activity of wheat PR4 proteins.
FEBS letters - 3 Sept 2009
Bertini Laura, Caporale Carlo, Testa Marco, Proietti Silvia, Caruso Carla
Abstract excerpt
PR4 proteins possess antifungal activity against several pathogenic fungi suggesting a pivotal role in defence reactions against plant pathogen attack. We already showed that wheatwin1, a wheat PR protein of class 4, is endowed with ribonuclease activity. In this study we produced three mutants altering the active site and performed comparative analysis with the native protein also in the presence of the...
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