Publications by authors named "Wanming Yang"
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- Ascorbate peroxidases (APXs) are key antioxidant enzymes in plants that help maintain redox balance, particularly in citrus, which is vulnerable to bacterial canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc).
- The study employed bioinformatic and expression analyses to explore the APX gene family in Citrus sinensis, identifying six APXs in three groups and detailing their genetic features and reactions to Xcc infection.
- Results revealed that the two APXs, CsAPX01 and CsAPX02, expressed differently in susceptible and resistant citrus varieties, contributed to disease severity, and had potential roles in modulating hydrogen peroxide levels, thus highlighting their significance in plant pathogen resistance.
MT3 shows apparently different properties and function from MT1 even though they have 70% sequence homology. Possibly the two inserts, Thr5 and a negatively charged hexapeptide at position-55 in MT3, play important roles. A series of MT3 variants around the EAAEAE hexapeptide have been prepared by site-directed mutagenesis and their properties and reactivity towards pH, EDTA and DTNB have been studied.
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