Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen,
particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel
amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for
antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from microbial
fermentation broths. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide
sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention
are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant
using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The
method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette
comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that
encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions
comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism
comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier
and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a
pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds,
and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an
antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention, or variant or fragment
thereof, are also disclosed.