Antimicrobial peptides generally are cysteine-rich, cationic, and amphipathic. 

Because of their positive charge and amphipathic nature, they interact with acidic phospholipids in lipid bilayers, forming pores and disrupting the membranes of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses.

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#XL - R Botany

V.Angiosperm

mostly terrestrial but some are hydrophytes like hydrilla, water lilies etc.

Xerophytes-  behave as Ephemerals

Epiphytes-  Orchids

Parasites-  Cuscuta

Saprophytes- Coral root orchid

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#XL - Q Biochemistry

Ammonium uptake from the soil is carried by AMT/Rh family transporters

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#XL - R Botany

In Arabidopsis, PTI induces production of indole glucosinolates, to control of fungal pathogens. 

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#XL - T Zoology

Platelet-activating factor has a long ether-linked alkyl chain at C-1 of glycerol, but C-2 is ester-linked to acetic acid, which makes the compound much more water-soluble than most glycerophospholipids and plasmalogens.

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#XL - T Zoology

Hh binds to Ptc, causing Ptc to be endocytosed from the cell surface and degraded, relieving the inhibition of Smo.