Authors
F Rꎬ Terras, Kristel Eggermont, Valentina Kovaleva, Natasha V Raikhel, Rupert W Osborn, Anthea Kester, Sarah B Rees, Sophie Torrekens, Fred Van Leuven, Jozef Vanderleyden
Publication date
1995/5/1
Journal
The plant cell
Volume
7
Issue
5
Pages
573-588
Publisher
American Society of Plant Biologists
Description
Radish seeds have previously been shown to contain two homologous, 5-kD cysteine-rich proteins designated Raphanus sativus-antifungal protein 1 (Rs-AFP1) and Rs-AFP2, both of which exhibit potent antifungal activity in vitro. We now demonstrate that these proteins are located in the cell wall and occur predominantly in the outer cell layers lining different seed organs. Moreover, Rs-AFPs are preferentially released during seed germination after disruption of the seed coat. The amount of released proteins is sufficient to create a microenvironment around the seed in which fungal growth is suppressed. Both the cDNAs and the intron-containing genomic regions encoding the Rs-AFP preproteins were cloned. Transcripts (0.55 kb) hybridizing with an Rs-AFP1 cDNA-derived probe were present in near-mature and mature seeds. Such transcripts as well as the corresponding proteins were barely detectable in …
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