Antibacterial peptides from plants: What they are and how they probably work

Biochemistry Research International

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barbosa Pelegrini, Patrícia ^a   Del Sarto, Rafael Perseghini ^a   Silva, Osmar Nascimento ^b   Franco, Octávio Luiz ^b   Grossi De Sa, Maria Fátima ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Analises Protemicas e Bioquímicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955002736     PISSN: 20902247     EISSN: 20902255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/250349     Document Type: Review

References (63)

1. de Caleya R. F., Gonzalez-Pascual B., Garca-Olmedo F., Carbonero P., Susceptibility of phytopathogenic bacteria to wheat purothionins in vitro Applied microbiology 1972 23 5 998 1000
2. Selitrennikoff C. P., Antifungal Proteins Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2001 67 7 2883 2894 (Pubitemid 33644749)
3. Pelegrini P. B., Franco O. L., Plant -thionins: novel insights on the mechanism of action of a multi-functional class of defense proteins International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 2005 37 11 2239 2253 (Pubitemid 41207396)
4. Witkowska D., Barty A., Gamian A., Defensins and cathelicidins as natural peptide antibiotics Postpy Higieny i Medycyny Dowiadczalnej 2008 62 694 707
5. Daly N. L., Rosengren K. J., Craik D. J., Discovery, structure and biological activities of cyclotides Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2009 61 11 918 930
6. Terras F. R., Eggermont K., Kovaleva V., Raikhel N. V., Osborn R. W., Kester A., Rees S. B., Torrekens S., Van Leuven F., Vanderleyden J., Cammue B. P., Broekaert W. F., Small cysteine-rich antifungal proteins from radish: their role in host defense Plant Cell 1995 7 5 573 588
7. Tam J. P., Lu Y.-A., Yang J.-L., Chiu K.-W., An unusual structural motif of antimicrobial peptides containing end-to-end macrocycle and cystine-knot disulfides Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999 96 16 8913 8918 (Pubitemid 29374682)
8. Pelegrini P. B., Murad A. M., Silva L. P., dos Santos R. C. P., Costa F. T., Tagliari P. D., Bloch C., Noronha E. F., Miller R. N. G., Franco O. L., Identification of a novel storage glycine-rich peptide from guava (Psidium guajava) seeds with activity against Gram-negative bacteria Peptides 2008 29 8 1271 1279
9. Saether O., Craik D. J., Campbell I. D., Sletten K., Juul J., Norman D. G., Elucidation of the primary and three-dimensional structure of the uterotonic polypeptide kalata B1 Biochemistry 1995 34 13 4147 4158
10. Koltay A., Daly N. L., Gustafson K. R., Craik D. J., Structure of circulin B and implications for antimicrobial activity of the cyclotides International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 2005 11 1 99 106 (Pubitemid 41557309)
11. Liu Y. J., Cheng C. S., Lai S. M., Hsu M. P., Chen C. S., Lyu P. C., Solution structure of the plant defensin VrD1 from mung bean and its possible role in insecticidal activity against bruchids Proteins 2006 63 4 777 786
12. Daly N. L., Koltay A., Gustafson K. R., Boyd M. R., Casas-Finet J. R., Craik D. J., Solution structure by NMR of circulin A: a macrocyclic knotted peptide having anti-HIV activity Journal of Molecular Biology 1999 285 1 333 345 (Pubitemid 29034048)
13. Mandal S. M., Dey S., Mandal M., Sarkar S., Maria-Neto S., Franco O. L., Identification and structural insights of three novel antimicrobial peptides isolated from green coconut water Peptides 2009 30 4 633 637
14. Yokoyama S., Kato K., Koba A., Minami Y., Watanabe K., Yagi F., Purification, characterization, and sequencing of antimicrobial peptides, Cy-AMP1, Cy-AMP2, and Cy-AMP3, from the Cycad (Cycas revoluta) seeds Peptides 2008 29 12 2110 2117
15. Wang H. X., Ng T. B., Dendrocin, a distinctive antifungal protein from bamboo shoots Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2003 307 3 750 755 (Pubitemid 36944996)
16. Wang H., Ng T. B., Ginkbilobin, anovel antifungal protein from Ginkgo biloba seeds with sequence similarity to embryo-abundant protein Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Communications 2000 279 407 411 (Pubitemid 32016730)
17. Wong J. H., Ng T. B., Lunatusin, a trypsin-stable antimicrobial peptide from lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus L.) Peptides 2005 26 11 2086 2092 (Pubitemid 41584070)
18. Witherup K. M., Bogusky M. J., Anderson P. S., Ramjit H., Ransom R. W., Wood T., Sardana M., Cyclopsychotride A, a biologically active, 32-residue cyclic peptide isolated from Psychotria longipes Journal of Natural Products 1994 57 12 1619 1625
19. Jennings C. V., Rosengren K. J., Daly N. L., Plan M., Stevens J., Scanlon M. J., Waine C., Norman D. G., Anderson M. A., Craik D. J., Isolation, solution structure, and insecticidal activity of kalata B2, a circular protein with a twist: do Mbius strips exist in nature? Biochemistry 2005 44 3 851 860 (Pubitemid 40129645)
20. Fant F., Vranken W. F., Borremans F. A. M., The three-dimensional solution structure of Aesculus hippocastanum antimicrobial protein 1 determined by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance Proteins 1999 37 3 388 403 (Pubitemid 29519729)
21. Franco O. L., Murad A. M., Leite J. R., Mendes P. A. M., Prates M. V., Bloch C. Jr., Identification of a cowpea -thionin with bactericidal activity FEBS Journal 2006 273 15 3489 3497 (Pubitemid 44086949)
22. Zhang Y., Lewis K., Fabatins: new antimicrobial plant peptides FEMS Microbiology Letters 1997 149 1 59 64 (Pubitemid 27130157)
23. Fujimura M., Ideguchi M., Minami Y., Watanabe K., Tadera K., Amino acid sequence and antimicrobial activity of chitin-binding peptides, Pp-AMP 1 and Pp-AMP 2, from Japanese bamboo shoots (Phyllostachys pubescens) Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2005 69 3 642 645 (Pubitemid 40589129)
24. Vernon L. P., Evett G. E., Zeikus R. D., Gray W. R., A toxic thionin from Pyrularia pubera: purification, properties, and amino acid sequence Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 1985 238 1 18 29 (Pubitemid 16232405)
25. Moreno M., Segura A., Garcia-Olmedo F., Pseudothionin-St1, a potato peptide active against potato pathogens European Journal of Biochemistry 1994 223 1 135 139 (Pubitemid 24221654)
26. Segura A., Moreno M., Molina A., Garca-Olmedo F., Novel defensin subfamily from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) FEBS Letters 1998 435 2-3 159 162 (Pubitemid 28434991)
27. Fujimura M., Ideguchi M., Minami Y., Watanabe K., Tadera K., Purification, characterization, and sequencing of novel antimicrobial peptides, Tu-AMP 1 and Tu-AMP 2, from bulbs of tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2004 68 3 571 577 (Pubitemid 39251494)
28. Chen B., Colgrave M. L., Daly N. L., Rosengren K. J., Gustafson K. R., Craik D. J., Isolation and characterization of novel cyclotides from Viola hederaceae: solution structure and anti-HIV activity of vhl-1, a leaf-specific expressed cyclotide Journal of Biological Chemistry 2005 280 23 22395 22405 (Pubitemid 40827895)
29. Lin K. F., Lee T. R., Tsai P. H., Hsu M. P., Chen C. S., Lyu P. C., Structure-based protein engineering for -amylase inhibitory activity of plant defensin Proteins 2007 68 2 530 540
30. Wong J. H., Zhang X. Q., Wang H. X., Ng T. B., A mitogenic defensin from white cloud beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) Peptides 2006 27 9 2075 2081 (Pubitemid 44189617)
31. Cornilescu C. C., Tonelli M., DeRider M. L., Markley J. L., Assadi-Porter F. M., Refined solution structure of des-pyro Glu brazzein. to appear
32. Wong J. H., Ng T. B., Sesquin, a potent defensin-like antimicrobial peptide from ground beans with inhibitory activities toward tumor cells and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase Peptides 2005 26 7 1120 1126
33. Wang H. X., Ng T. B., An antifungal peptide from the coconut Peptides 2005 26 12 2392 2396 (Pubitemid 41676709)
34. Martins J. C., Maes D., Loris R., Pepermans H. A. M., Wyns L., Willem R., Verheyden P., H NMR study of the solution structure of Ac-AMP2, a sugar binding antimicrobial protein isolated from Amaranthus caudatus Journal of Molecular Biology 1996 258 2 322 333
35. Van Den Bergh K. P. B., Proost P., Van Damme J., Coosemans J., Van Damme E. J. M., Peumans W. J., Five disulfide bridges stabilize a hevein-type antimicrobial peptide from the bark of spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus L.) FEBS Letters 2002 530 13 181 185 (Pubitemid 35248208)
36. Fujimura M., Minami Y., Watanabe K., Tadera K., Purification, characterization, and sequencing of a novel type of antimicrobial peptides, Fa-AMP1 and Fa-AMP2, from seeds of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2003 67 8 1636 1642 (Pubitemid 39251742)
37. Koo J. C., Lee S. Y., Chun H. J., Cheong Y. H., Choi J. S., Kawabata S. I., Miyagi M., Tsunasawa S., Ha K. S., Bae D. W., Han C. D., Lee B. L., Cho M. J., Two hevein homologs isolated from the seed of Pharbitis nil L. exhibit potent antifungal activity Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1998 1382 1 80 90 (Pubitemid 28122937)
38. Kiba A., Saitoh H., Nishihara M., Omiya K., Yamamura S., C-terminal domain of a hevein-like protein from Wasabia japonica has potent antimicrobial activity Plant and Cell Physiology 2003 44 3 296 303 (Pubitemid 36439865)
39. Tailor R. H., Acland D. P., Attenborough S., Cammue B. P. A., Evans I. J., Osborn R. W., Ray J. A., Rees S. B., Broekaert W. F., A novel family of small cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from seed of Impatiens balsamina is derived from a single precursor protein Journal of Biological Chemistry 1997 272 39 24480 24487 (Pubitemid 27418658)
40. Michalowski C. B., Bohnert H. J., Antimicrobial peptide 1 from the common ice plant. The EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ Databases. In press
41. Cammue B. P. A., De Bolle M. F. C., Terras F. R. G., Proost P., Van Damme J., Rees S. B., Vanderleyden J., Broekaert W. F., Isolation and characterization of a novel class of plant antimicrobial peptides from Mirabilis jalapa L. seeds Journal of Biological Chemistry 1992 267 4 2228 2233
42. Liu Y., Luo J., Xu C., Ren F., Peng C., Wu G., Zhao J., Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of the gene of a seed-specific antimicrobial protein from pokeweed Plant Physiology 2000 122 4 1015 1024 (Pubitemid 30221381)
43. Duvick J. P., Rood T., Rao A. G., Marshak D. R., Purification and characterization of a novel antimicrobial peptide from maize (Zea mays L.) kernels Journal of Biological Chemistry 1992 267 26 18814 18820
44. Park C. J., Park C. B., Hong S. S., Lee H. S., Lee S. Y., Kim S. C., Characterization and cDNA cloning of two glycine- and histidine-rich antimicrobial peptides from the roots of shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant Molecular Biology 2000 44 2 187 197
45. Segura A., Moreno M., Madueo F., Molina A., Garca-Olmedo F., Snakin-1, a peptide from potato that is active against plant pathogens Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 1999 12 1 16 23 (Pubitemid 29015134)
46. Berrocal-Lobo M., Segura A., Moreno M., Lpez G., Garca-Olmedo F., Molina A., Snakin-2, an antimicrobial peptide from potato whose gene is locally induced by wounding and responds to pathogen infection Plant Physiology 2002 128 3 951 961 (Pubitemid 34243831)
47. Marcus J. P., Green J. L., Goulter K. C., Manners J. M., A family of antimicrobial peptides is produced by processing of a 7S globulin protein in Macadamia integrifolia kernels Plant Journal 1999 19 6 699 710
48. Yang X., Li J., Li X., She R., Pei Y., Isolation and characterization of a novel thermostable non-specific lipid transfer protein-like antimicrobial protein from motherwort (Leonurus japonicus Houtt) seeds Peptides 2006 27 12 3122 3128 (Pubitemid 44738168)
49. Jenssen H., Hamill P., Hancock R. E. W., Peptide antimicrobial agents Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2006 19 3 491 511 (Pubitemid 44137212)
50. Hammami R., Ben Hamida J., Vergoten G., Fliss I., PhytAMP: a database dedicated to antimicrobial plant peptides Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37 1 D963 D968
51. Wang Z., Wang G., APD: the antimicrobial peptide database Nucleic Acids Research 2004 32 D590 D592
52. Craik D. J., Daly N. L., Bond T., Waine C., Plant cyclotides: a unique family of cyclic and knotted proteins that defines the cyclic cystine knot structural motif Journal of Molecular Biology 1999 294 5 1327 1336 (Pubitemid 30008803)
53. Carvalho A. D. O., Gomes V. M., Plant defensinsprospects for the biological functions and biotechnological properties Peptides 2009 30 5 1007 1020
54. Pelegrini P. B., Quirino B. F., Franco O. L., Plant cyclotides: an unusual class of defense compounds Peptides 2007 28 7 1475 1481 (Pubitemid 47088738)
55. Conlan B. F., Gillon A. D., Craik D. J., Anderson M. A., Circular proteins and mechanisms of cyclization. Biopolymers. In press
56. Padovan L., Scocchi M., Tossi A., Structural aspects of plant antimicrobial peptides Current Protein and Peptide Science 2010 11 3 210 219
57. Broekaert W. F., Cammue B. P. A., De Bolle M. F. C., Thevissen K., De Samblanx G. W., Osborn R. W., Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 1997 16 3 297 323 (Pubitemid 127468279)
58. Osborn R. W., De Samblanx G. W., Thevissen K., Goderis I., Torrekens S., Van Leuven F., Attenborough S., Rees S. B., Broekaert W. F., Isolation and characterisation of plant defensins from seeds of Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Hippocastanaceae and Saxifragaceae FEBS Letters 1995 368 2 257 262
59. Epand R. M., Vogel H. J., Diversity of antimicrobial peptides and their mechanisms of action Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1999 1462 1-2 11 28
60. Sitaram N., Nagaraj R., Interaction of antimicrobial peptides with biological and model membranes: structural and charge requirements for activity Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1999 1462 1-2 29 54
61. Shai Y., Mode of action of membrane active antimicrobial peptides Biopolymers 2002 66 4 236 248 (Pubitemid 36098316)
62. Yeamn M. R., Yount N. Y., Mechanisms of atnimicrobial peptide action and resistance Pharmacoloy Reviews 2003 55 27 55 (Pubitemid 36268398)
63. Aerts A. M., Franois I. E. J. A., Cammue B. P. A., Thevissen K., The mode of antifungal action of plant, insect and human defensins Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2008 65 13 2069 2079