Patent ID: 6372888
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A01N,A61P,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An antifungal protein having an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence of Rs-AFP2 (SEQ ID NO: 9), wherein said amino acid sequence of said antifungal protein contains at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of a basic residue at the position corresponding to position 9 in Rs-AFP2 (SEQ ID NO: 9), a basic residue at the position corresponding to position 39 in Rs-AFP2 (SEQ ID NO: 9), a hydrophobic residue at the position corresponding to position 5 in Rs-AFP2 (SEQ ID NO: 9) and a hydrophobic residue other than glycine at the position corresponding to position 16 in Rs-AFP2 (SEQ ID NO: 9).