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Abstract
The phytopathogenic fungi Phytophthora cinnamomi cause systemic leaf necrosis on its non-host tobacco; in culture, it secretes a protein, called cinnamomin, which elicits leaf necrosis and protects tobacco against the pathogen Phytophthora nicotianoe, in a way similar to cryptogein and different from capsicein, elicitins of known amino acid sequences. The cinnamomin sequence has been determined and compared to other elicitins. The differences in the 3 elicitin sequences were correlated to the biological activities: 2 lysines were ascribed as the key amino acids involved in the differential control of protection with respect to necrosis.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2583277 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81557-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124