Pathogenesis-related protein
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Pathogenesis-related protein
Pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are proteins produced in plants in the event of a pathogen attack.[1] They are induced as part of systemic acquired resistance. Infections activate genes that produce PR proteins. Some of these proteins are antimicrobial, attacking molecules in the cell wall of a bacterium or fungus. Others may function as signals that spread “news” of the infection to nearby cells. Infections also stimulate the cross-linking of molecules in the cell wall and the deposition of lignin, responses that set up a local barricade that slows spread of the pathogen to other parts of the plant.[2]
Salicylic acid plays a role in the resistance to pathogens by inducing the production of pathogenesis-related proteins.[3]
Many proteins found in wine are grape pathogen-related proteins.[4] Those include thaumatin-like proteins and chitinases.
Functions • An important common function of most PRs is their antifungal effects • some PRs exhibitalso antibacterial, insecticidal,antiviral action. • function as signals that spread “news” of the infection to nearby cells. • Infections also stimulate the cross-linking of molecules in the cell wall and the deposition of lignin, responses that set up a local barricade that slows spread of the pathogen to other parts of the plant • chitinase activity • peroxidase, ribonuclease and lysozyme activities • their hydrolytic, proteinase-inhibitory and membrane-permeabilizing ability. • they inactivate the proteins secreted by the parasites in the invaded plant tissues
References
- ^ Loon LC (1985). "Pathogenesis-related proteins". Plant Molecular Biology 4 (2-3): 111–116. doi:10.1007/BF02418757.
- ^ Campbell, N.A. and Reece, J.B. (2005). Biology (7th ed). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.
- ^ Van Huijsduijnen RAMH, Alblas SW, De Rijk RH, Bol JF (1986). "Induction by Salicylic Acid of Pathogenesis-related Proteins and Resistance to Alfalfa Mosaic Virus Infection in Various Plant Species". Journal of General Virology 67 (10): 2135–2143. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-67-10-2135.
- ^ Waters EJ, Shirley NJ, Williams PJ (1996). "Nuisance Proteins of Wine Are Grape Pathogenesis-Related Proteins". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44 (1): 3–5. doi:10.1021/jf9505584.
Further reading
- Muthukrishnan S, Datta SP (1999). Pathogenesis-related proteins in plants. Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 291. ISBN 0-8493-0697-3.
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