ZmPep1 is a bioactive peptide encoded by a previously uncharacterized maize (Zea mays) gene, ZmPROPEP1. ZmPROPEP1 was identified by sequence similarity as an ortholog of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) AtPROPEP1 gene, which encodes the precursor protein of elicitor peptide 1 (AtPep1). Together with its receptors, AtPEPR1 and AtPEPR2, AtPep1 functions to activate and amplify innate immune...

A macrolide compound known as pandangolide 1 was isolated from fungus Lambertella brunneola. The compound was purified using SiO2 column chromatography while the elucidation of its planar structure was based on the analyses of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic data and Mass Spectroscopy (MS). Antifungal assay disclosed that pandangolide 1 weakly showed hyphal growth inhibition agai...

G-Protein Subunit of Cochliobolus heterostrophus Involved in Virulence, Asexual and Sexual Reproductive Ability, and Morphogenesis Sherif Ganem,†‡ Shun-Wen Lu,† Bee-Na Lee,§ David Yu-Te Chou,¶ Ruthi Hadar, B. Gillian Turgeon, and Benjamin A. Horwitz* Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York...