Alpha‐momorcharin enhances Nicotiana benthamiana resistance to tobacco mosaic virus infection through modulation of reactive oxygen species

F Zhu, PX Zhu, F Xu, YP Che, YM Ma… - Molecular Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alpha‐momorcharin (α‐MMC), a member of the plant ribosomal inactivating
proteins (RIPs) family, has been proven to exhibit important biological properties in animals …

Alpha-momorcharin enhances Tobacco mosaic virus resistance in tobaccoNN by manipulating jasmonic acid-salicylic acid crosstalk

T Yang, L Zhu, Y Meng, R Lv, Z Zhou, L Zhu… - Journal of Plant …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-momorcharin (α-MMC) is a type-I ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) with a
molecular weight of 29 kDa found in plants. This protein has been shown to be effective …

Alpha-momorcharin, a RIP produced by bitter melon, enhances defense response in tobacco plants against diverse plant viruses and shows antifungal activity in vitro

F Zhu, P Zhang, YF Meng, F Xu, DW Zhang, J Cheng… - Planta, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Alpha-momorcharin (α-MMC) is type-1 ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs) with
molecular weight of 29 kDa and has lots of biological activity. Our recent study indicated that …

The Roles of Alpha-Momorcharin and Jasmonic Acid in Modulating the Response of Momordica charantia to Cucumber Mosaic Virus

T Yang, Y Meng, LJ Chen, HH Lin, DH Xi - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-momorcharin (α-MMC) is a type-I ribosome inactivating protein with a molecular
weight of 29 kDa that is found in Momordica charantia, and has been shown to be effective …

Alpha‐momorcharin preserves catalase activity to inhibit viral infection by disrupting the 2b–CAT interaction in Solanum lycopersicum

T Yang, Q Peng, H Lin, D Xi - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many host factors of plants are used by viruses to facilitate viral infection. However, little is
known about how alpha‐momorcharin (αMMC) counters virus‐mediated attack strategies in …

Enhanced resistance to blast fungus in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by expressing the ribosome-inactivating protein alpha-momorcharin

Q Qian, L Huang, R Yi, S Wang, Y Ding - Plant Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea is one of the three major diseases that seriously
affect the rice production. Alpha-momorcharin (α-MC), a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) …

CaMsrB2, pepper methionine sulfoxide reductase B2, is a novel defense regulator against oxidative stress and pathogen attack

SK Oh, KH Baek, ES Seong, YH Joung… - Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are inevitably generated in aerobic organisms as by-
products of normal metabolism or as the result of defense and development. ROS readily …

Silencing of a Nicotiana benthamiana ascorbate oxidase gene reveals its involvement in resistance against cucumber mosaic virus

R Ahmed, A Kaldis, A Voloudakis - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Main conclusion Silencing of an ascorbate oxidase (AO) gene in N. benthamiana enhanced
disease severity from cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), showing higher accumulation and …

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate enhances tomato resistance to tobacco mosaic virus by modulating RBOH1-dependent H2O2 signaling

XN Zhang, XR Wang, L Zhang, GJ Ahammed… - Plant physiology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is one of the most damaging plant viruses from an economic
and research point of view. Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG), a flavonoid type secondary …

CaRDR1, an RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Plays a Positive Role in Pepper Resistance against TMV

L Qin, N Mo, Y Zhang, T Muhammad, G Zhao… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
RNA silencing functions as a major natural antiviral defense mechanism in plants. RNA-
dependent RNA polymerases (RDRs) that catalyze the synthesis of double-stranded RNAs …