Protein Domain : Cerato-platanin IPR010829

Type	Family
Description	This entry represents a group of fungal proteins involved in plant pathogenesis and elicitation of plant defense responses, including Cerato-platanin (CP) from the Ascomycete Ceratocystis fimbriata f. sp. platani, which causes the severe plant disease: canker stain. This protein occurs in the cell wall of the fungus and is involved in the host-plane interaction and induces both cell necrosis and phytoalexin synthesis which is one of the first plant defense-related events. CP, like other fungal surface proteins, is able to self assemble in vitro [ ]. CP is a 120 amino acid protein, containing 40% hydrophobic residues and two S-S bridges. It contains four cysteine residues that form two disulphide bonds []. The N-terminal region of CP is very similar to cerato-ulmin, a phytotoxic protein produced by the Ophiostoma species belonging to the hydrophobin family, which also self-assembles []. This protein family also includes SnodProt (SNP1), also a phytotoxic protein, and Heat-stable 19 kDa antigen (CSA), a Coccidioides-specific antigen (CS antigen) with serine proteinase activity.
Short Name	Cerato-platanin