thionins
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Thionins are a family of small proteins found solely in higher plants. Typically, a thionin consists of 45–48 amino acid residues. 6–8 of these are cysteine forming 3–4 disulfide bonds. They include phoratoxins and viscotoxins.
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It sits within the topics Antimicrobial peptides, Peripheral membrane proteins and Plant toxins.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
1,613 papers- Thionins: potential use in plant defense against pathogens.Plant molecular biology · 2025
- Plant thionins--the structural perspective.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2006
- Thionins: properties, possible biological roles and mechanisms of action.Plant molecular biology · 1994
- Plant gamma-thionins: novel insights on the mechanism of action of a multi-functional class of defense proteins.The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology · 2005
- The role of thionins in rice defence against root pathogens.Molecular plant pathology · 2015
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- phytotoxin
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Thionins are a family of small proteins found solely in higher plants. Typically, a thionin consists of 45–48 amino acid residues. 6–8 of these are cysteine forming 3–4 disulfide bonds. They include phoratoxins and viscotoxins.
Alpha- and beta- thionins are related to each other. The gamma thionins have a superficially similar structure but are an unrelated class of protein, now called plant defensins.
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