期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 69, 期 21, 页码 4997-5011出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery294
关键词
AMPs; plant defense; plant immune system; plant defense responses; pest; plant-pathogen interaction
资金
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, Brazil
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior, Brazil
Selective pressure imposed by millions of years of relentless biological attack has led to the development of an extraordinary array of defense strategies in plants. Among these, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) stand out as one of the most prominent components of the plant immune system. These small and usually basic peptides are deployed as a generalist defense strategy that grants direct and durable resistance against biotic stress. Even though their name implies a function against microbes, the range of plant-associated organisms affected by these peptides is much broader. In this review, we highlight the advances in our understanding on the role of AMPs in plant immunity. We demonstrate that the capacity of plant AMPs to act against a large spectrum of enemies relies on their diverse mechanism of action and remarkable structural stability. The efficacy of AMPs as a defense strategy is evidenced by their widespread occurrence in the plant kingdom, an astonishing heterogeneity in host peptide composition, and the extent to which plant enemies have evolved effective counter-measures to evade AMP action. Plant AMPs are becoming an important topic of research due to their significance in allowing plants to thrive and for their enormous potential in agronomical and pharmaceutical fields.
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