| Literature DB >> 12231854 |
J. T. Lindstrom1, S. Sun, F. C. Belanger.
Abstract
The fungus Acremonium typhinum produces a novel endoprotease during symbiotic endophytic infection of the grass, Poa ampla. This protease is unusual because it is highly active in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. The enzyme is a thiol-containing serine protease and is localized to a crude membrane fraction. Similar protease activity has been detected in endophyte-infected Poa autumnalis and Poa sylvestris plants. Expression of this protease may be important in endophytic infection of Poa spp., because similar activity has not been detected in endophyte-infected Festuca arundinacea or Lolium perenne.Entities:
Year: 1993 PMID: 12231854 PMCID: PMC158824 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.2.645
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340