tomatinase

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis is a plant-pathogenic actinomycete that causes bacterial wilt and canker of tomato… Expand

Saponin detoxification enzymes from pathogenic fungi are involved in the infection process of their host plants. Fusarium… Expand

The actinomycete Streptomyces scabies 87-22 is the causal agent of common scab, an economically important disease of potato and… Expand

The insertion site of a transposon mutant of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382 was cloned and found to be… Expand

Many fungal pathogens of tomato produce extracellular enzymes, collectively known as tomatinases, that detoxify the preformed… Expand

Saponins are typical phytoanticipins, i.e. preformed fungitoxic compounds suspected to play an important role in plant defense… Expand

Many plants produce constitutive antifungal molecules belonging to the saponin family of secondary metabolites, which have been… Expand

Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites, many of which have antifungal activity. Saponins are plant glycosides that may… Expand

The anti-fungal, steroidal, glycoalkaloid saponin, alpha-tomatine, is present in uninfected tomato plants in substantial… Expand

The antifungal compound alpha-tomatine, present in tomato plants, has been reported to provide a preformed chemical barrier… Expand