Characterization of ordered aggregates of cerato-platanin and their involvement in fungus–host interactions

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1790; no. 10; pp. 1334 - 1344
• Main Authors: Pazzagli, Luigia, Zoppi, Camilla, Carresi, Lara, Tiribilli, Bruno, Sbrana, Francesca, Schiff, Silvia, Pertinhez, Thelma A., Scala, Aniello, Cappugi, Gianni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Amyloid-like assemblage; Ascomycota - chemistry; Ascomycota - physiology; Cell Survival - drug effects; Cerato-platanin family; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Circular Dichroism; Fungal protein; Fungal Proteins - chemistry; Fungal Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - pharmacology; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Host–microbe interaction; Hydrophobin; Kinetics; Microscopy, Atomic Force; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Molecular Sequence Data; Peptide Fragments - chemistry; Peptide Fragments - genetics; Peptide Fragments - pharmacology; Plant Cells; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plants - microbiology; Protein aggregation; Protein Conformation; Protein Folding; Cerato-platanin family; Protein aggregation; Host–microbe interaction; Hydrophobin; Fungal protein; Amyloid-like assemblage

The “cerato-platanin family” consists of fungal-secreted proteins that are involved in various stages of the host–fungus interaction and act as phytotoxins, elicitors of defense responses and allergens. Cerato-platanin (CP) is a moderately hydrophobic protein secreted and localized in the cell wall...