Plant defensins are an extensive family of small cysteine rich proteins characterised by a
conserved cysteine stabilised alpha beta protein fold which resembles the structure of insect …

Plant defensins are small, cysteine-rich peptides that possess biological activity towards a
broad range of organisms. Their activity is primarily directed against fungi, but bactericidal …

Defensins are a well-characterised group of small, disulphide-rich, cationic peptides that are
produced by essentially all eukaryotes and are highly diverse in their sequences and …

The incidence of invasive fungal infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in more than
1.6 million deaths every year. Due to growing antifungal drug resistance and the limited …

Most antifungal peptides (AFPs), if not all, have membrane activity, while some also have
alternative targets. Fungal membranes share many characteristics with mammalian …

Since the beginning of the 90s lots of cationic plant, cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides
(AMP) have been studied. However, only coined the term “plant defensin,” after comparison …

Plant defensins form a family of proteins with a broad spectrum of protective activities
against fungi, bacteria, and insects. Furthermore, some plant defensins have revealed …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) such as defensins are ubiquitously found innate
immune molecules that often exhibit broad activity against microbial pathogens and …

The defensin and defensin-like proteins are an extensive group of small, cationic, disulfide-
rich proteins found in animals, plants, and fungi and mostly perform roles in host defense …

Over the last years, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research
toward the finding of a viable alternative to current antifungal drugs. Defensins are one of the …