ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS

摘要

An antimicrobial protein comprising a peptide having the sequence -Gln/Cys-AA2-Pro/Ile-Asn/Thr/Leu-AA5-AA6-Cys-Cys-Ala/Asn-Gly/Lys-AA11-AA12-AA13-AA14-AA15-, with the proviso that AA2 and AA14 are not cysteine, and that AA4 is Leu when AA1 is Cys. An antimicrobial protein having the sequence depicted in any one of SEQ ID Nos 3, 5 or 6. Recombinant DNA encoding such proteins. A vector comprising such DNA which is expressible in plants and which is linked to a plant operable promoter and terminator. Plants transformed with such recombinant DNA; the progeny of such plants which contain the DNA stably incorporated and hereditable in a Mendelian manner, and/or the seeds of such plants or such progeny.