Plant peptides in defense and signaling

Nelson Marmiroli; Elena Maestri

doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2014.03.013

Plant peptides in defense and signaling

Peptides. 2014 Jun:56:30-44. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.03.013. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Authors

Nelson Marmiroli¹, Elena Maestri²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11A, 43124 Parma, Italy. Electronic address: nelson.marmiroli@unipr.it.
² Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11A, 43124 Parma, Italy.

PMID: 24681437
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.03.013

Abstract

This review focuses on plant peptides involved in defense against pathogen infection and those involved in the regulation of growth and development. Defense peptides, defensins, cyclotides and anti-microbial peptides are compared and contrasted. Signaling peptides are classified according to their major sites of activity. Finally, a network approach to creating an interactomic peptide map is described.

Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana; Interactome; Mass spectrometry; Systems biology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Cyclotides / metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Mass Spectrometry
Peptides / metabolism*
Plants / immunology
Plants / metabolism*
Signal Transduction
Systems Biology

Substances

Cyclotides
Peptides