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245 1 0 _aGene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity
490 0 _vPlanta, 250, p.1757-1772, 2019
520 3 _aThe recombinant EcgDf1 defensin has an antimicrobial effect against both plant and human pathogens. In silico analyses predict that EcgDf1 is prone to form dimers capable of interacting with the membranes of microorganisms. Plant defensins comprise a large family of antimicrobial peptides (AMP)with a wide range of biological functions. They are cysteine-rich molecules, highly sequence diverse but with a conserved and stable structure. In this work, a defensin gene (EcgDf1)was isolated from Erythrina crista-galli, a legume tree native from South America. The predicted peptide presents eight cysteines, with a ?-core motif GXCX3-9C and six cysteines distributed like the typical defensin ?? motif. The mature EcgDf1 coding sequence was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli strains and purified by affinity chromatography. Possible dimer and oligomers of EcgDf1 were visible in SDS electrophoresis. Moreover, its 3D structure, determined by homology modeling, docking, and molecular dynamics simulations, was found to be compatible with the formation of homodimers between the ?3 and ?1-loop-?1, leaving the ?2-loop-?3 free to interact with lipid membranes. The purified recombinant peptide inhibited the growth of several critical plant and human pathogens, like the opportunistic fungi Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger and the plant pathogens Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis, Penicillium expansum, Botrytis cinerea, and Alternaria alternata. EcgDf1 is a promising candidate for the development of antimicrobial products for use in agriculture and medicine.
650 1 4 _aANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES
650 1 4 _aDIMERIZATION
650 1 4 _aDOCKING
650 1 4 _aERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI
650 1 4 _aHETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION
650 1 4 _aMOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION
700 1 2 _aRodríguez-Decuadro, S.
700 1 2 _aDans, P. D.
700 1 2 _aBorba, M. A.
700 1 2 _aBenko-Iseppon, A. M.
700 1 2 _aCecchetto, G.
856 4 0 _uhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12021DkUXQaPm351DGPvIWJ8T38kqlmCP/view?usp=drivesdk
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