Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Chubu University Educational Foundation

Tokai National Higher Education and Research System

National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System

Keiko Mochida

Satoshi Kondo

Madoka Abe

Daisuke Uraguchi

Takehiko Shimada

Takashi Tsuge

Kosuke Hanada

Takashi Ooi

Yuichiro Tsuchiya

The disclosure describes antimicrobial peptides exhibiting activity against a wide variety of plant pathogens are described. Functional peptides consisting of the amino acid sequence: MKVMIVVKTKVKNKKVAKMMVK (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 85% or more to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or consisting of a partial peptide thereof are described.

Functional peptides having antimicrobial activity against phytopathogenic microorganisms

Antimicrobial activity exhibited against a wide variety of plant pathogens. A functional peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence: YYGFPAFSERTRKFWRIWKGKTS (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 85% or more with respect to the amino acid sequence, or consisting of a partial peptide thereof.

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