| Literature DB >> 10050028 |
M Ohshima1, I Mitsuhara, M Okamoto, S Sawano, K Nishiyama, H Kaku, S Natori, Y Ohashi.
Abstract
Sarcotoxin IA is a bactericidal peptide of 39 amino acids found in the common flesh fly, Sarcophaga peregrina. Many agronomically important bacteria in Japan are killed by this peptide at sub-micro molar levels, and the growth of tobacco and rice suspension cultured cells is not inhibited with less than 25 microM. Transgenic tobacco plants which overexpress the peptide, i.e. over 250 pmol per gram of fresh leaf, under the control of a high expression constitutive promoter showed enhanced resistance to the pathogens for wild fire disease (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci) and bacterial soft rot disease (Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora).Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10050028 DOI： 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022304
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biochem ISSN： 0021-924X Impact factor: 3.387