| Literature DB >> 14871664 |
Renato D'Ovidio1, Benedetta Mattei, Serena Roberti, Daniela Bellincampi.
Abstract
Polygalacturonases (PGs) are produced by fungal pathogens during early plant infection and are believed to be important pathogenicity factors. Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) are plant defense proteins which reduce the hydrolytic activity of endoPGs and favor the accumulation of long-chain oligogalacturonides (OGs) which are elicitors of a variety of defense responses. PGIPs belong to the superfamily of leucine reach repeat (LRR) proteins which also include the products of several plant resistance genes. A number of evidence demonstrates that PGIPs efficiently inhibit fungal invasion.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14871664 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.08.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002