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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Plant Defense Proteins: Recent Discoveries and Applications.

Samuel O Shobade, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Olga A Zabotina

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Samuel O ShobadeAmes National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Marit Nilsen-HamiltonAmes National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5496-1814
Olga A ZabotinaAmes National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6938-6923

Funding

The Thamodoran Family Innovation in Agriculture Student Scholarship via the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Iowa State University N/AU.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER) through the Ames National Laboratory DE-AC02-07CH11358
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins play pivotal roles in safeguarding plants against numerous biotic and abiotic stresses. Understanding their biological functions and mechanisms of action is essential for advancing plant biology, agriculture, and biotechnology. This review considers the diversity and potential applications of plant defense proteins including pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, chitinases, glucanases, protease inhibitors, lectins, and antimicrobial peptides. Recent advances, such as the omics technologies, have enabled the discovery of new plant defense proteins and regulatory networks that govern plant defense responses and unveiled numerous roles of plant defense proteins in stress perception, signal transduction, and immune priming. The molecular affinities and enzymatic activities of plant defense proteins are essential for their defense functions. Applications of plant defense proteins span agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine, including the development of resistant crop varieties, bio-based products, biopharmaceuticals, and functional foods. Future research directions include elucidating the structural bases of defense protein functions, exploring protein interactions with ligands and other proteins, and engineering defense proteins for enhanced efficacy. Overall, this review illuminates the significance of plant defense proteins against biotic stresses in plant biology and biotechnology, emphasizing their potential for sustainable agriculture and environmental management.

Indexed as

chitinaseschitin-binding domainG-proteinsjacalin-related lectinspathogenesis-related proteinsplant defenserhizosphereβ-glucosidase

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PMID40648078
PMCPMC12252001

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