Assertion: melanin | /r/CapableOf | confer resistance
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text: Assuming that melanin confers resistance to a variety of unusual adverse environmental factors and extreme conditions, it is also protective for more usual stress conditions, such as high temperature or desiccation.
text: Melanin and related materials, such as the bacterial and fungal humic acids, confer resistance to degradative enzymes (chitinase or cellulase) of structural polysaccharides, the other component of melanized cell walls .