Hidden weapons of microbial destruction in plant genomes

Table 1 Examples of antimicrobial CRPs from plants

Class	Example	Plant species	Amino acids	Cysteine-spacing motif*	References
Plant defensin	Rs-AFP2	Raphanus sativus (radish)	51	C10C5C3C9C8C1C3C	[14]
Lipid-transfer protein	Ace-AMP1	Allium cepa (onion)	93	C9C12CC18C1C23C15C	[15]
Thionin	α-Hordothionin	Hordeum vulgare (barley)	45	CC7C3C8C3C1C7C	[16]
β-Barrelin	MiAMP1	Macadamia integrifolia	76	C9C1C25C14C11C	[17,18]
Snakin	StSN1	Solanum tuberosum (potato)	63	C3C3C8C32CC2C1C11C1C12C	[19]
Vicilin fragment	MiAMP2	Macadamia integrifolia	45	C3C12C3C	[11]
Chitin-binding peptide	Ac-AMP2	Amaranthus caudatus	30	C4C4CC5C6C	[20]
Knottin-like	Mj-AMP1	Mirabilis jalapa	36	C6C8CC3C10C	[21]
Cyclotide	Kalata B1	Oldenlandia affinis	29	C3C4C4C1C4C6	[10]
Impatiens	Ib-AMP1	Impatiens balsamina	20	CC8C3C	[12]

*Numbers refer to amino acid residues between cysteines (C) in the polypeptide backbone.

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