The application discloses a
small peptide TaLEP1 and application thereof in
plant antiviral defense, and belongs to the field of
agricultural biotechnology. An
amino acid sequence of the
plant antiviral defense
small peptide TaLEP1 is shown as SEQ ID NO:1, and the
small peptide TaLEP1 can be used for preparing
plant antiviral products, including
virus inhibitors and antiviral drugs, and is suitable for inhibiting wheat yellow
mosaic virus,
turnip mosaic virus and
soybean mosaic virus of the Potyviridae family. When used, the TaLEP1 is dissolved in sterile PBS to prepare a 5 muM working solution, and is externally sprayed on plant leaves; after absorption of the plant, the TaLEP1 can induce the activation of a plant
autophagy related pathway, and then inhibit
virus infection and reduce the replication and accumulation of the
virus in the plant. The small
peptide TaLEP1 provided by the application can effectively inhibit the replication of various
RNA viruses of the Potyviridae family, and has good antiviral effect.