Mediation of elicitin activity on tobacco is assumed by elicitin-sterol complex

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Authors	OSMAN Hanan MIKEŠ Vladimír VAUTHRIN Sebastien MILAT ML
Year of publication	2001
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Molecular Biology of the Cell
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Biochemistry
Keywords	elicitin; sterols; defense reaction; Phytophthora
Description	The links elicitor and sterol-binding properties was assesed by the use of site directed mutagenesis of Tyr 47 and 87. Ligand replacement strongly suggests that the formation of sterol complex is a requisite step before elicitins fasten to specific receptors.
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