The Droserasin 1 PSI: A Membrane-Interacting Antimicrobial Peptide from the Carnivorous Plant <i>Drosera capensis</i>
The Droserasins, aspartic proteases from the carnivorous plant <i>Drosera capensis</i>, contain a 100-residue plant-specific insert (PSI) that is post-translationally cleaved and independently acts as an antimicrobial peptide. PSIs are of interest not only for their inhibition of microbi...
Main Authors: | Marc A. Sprague-Piercy, Jan C. Bierma, Marquise G. Crosby, Brooke P. Carpenter, Gemma R. Takahashi, Joana Paulino, Ivan Hung, Rongfu Zhang, John E. Kelly, Natalia Kozlyuk, Xi Chen, Carter T. Butts, Rachel W. Martin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Biomolecules |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/7/1069 |
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