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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Osmotin is a tobacco PR-5 protein that has antifungal activity and is implicated in host-plant defense. We show here that osmotin induces apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Induction of apoptosis was correlated with intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species and was mediated by RAS2, but not RAS1. Osmotin treatment resulted in suppression of transcription of stress-responsive genes via the RAS2/cAMP pathway. It was therefore concluded that osmotin induced proapoptotic signaling in yeast. The results indicate that the ability of antimicrobial proteins to induce microbial apoptosis could be an important factor in determining a pathogen's virulence and could therefore be targeted for the design of new antifungal drugs.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome c Group, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fungal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polylysine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RAS1 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RAS2 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serum Albumin, Bovine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/osmotin protein, Nicotiana tabacum, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ras Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
921-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A plant defense response effector induces microbial apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't