Advances in Vegetative Storage Proteins and Their Biological Functions
植物营养贮存蛋白及其生物学功能研究进展

Vegetative storage proteins are abundant in vegetative tissues and exist widely in many plants. At first, they were known for storage of nitrogen. Vegetative storage proteins from different plants have different biochemical origins and biological properties. More importantly, in addition to their nutrient-reserve storage function, these proteins play various roles in plant defense, including anti-insect defense, resistance to microbial pathogens and signal transduction in plant defense. Therefore, vegetative storage proteins are promising for biopesticide application and genetic engineering of disease resistance in plants.