Optimized thionin protects plants against bacterial infections
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsEddie W Stover, Goutam Gupta, Guixia Hao
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Abstract
Two small proteins with anti-bacterial activity are generated and called optimized thionin and optimized pro-thionin. Optimized pro-thionin contains a signal sequence for intracellular trafficking of the protein and is cleaved off to yield optimized thionin. Genetically altered plants and their progeny expressing a polynucleotide encoding optimized pro-thionin or optimized thionin resist diseases caused by bacteria.
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An optimized thionin comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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An optimized pro-thionin comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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