Abstract:[Objective] Streptomyces sampsonii KJ07 showed a strongly antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia violacea which caused poplar purple root rot. To investigate its antifungal substances, the main antifungal substance was isolated and purified, and also the partial characteristics were studied. [Methods] Methods of ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow and Sephadex G-50 were used. [Results] A purified antifungal protein was obtained with a molecular mass of 28.4 kD by SDS-PAGE. It had a wide antifungal spectrum, which made the hyphae deformed, as well as the septa, cell wall and intracellular protoplasm of R. violacea abnormal along with the black substances produced. Stability tests showed that the optimum temperature and pH were 25 °C and 6.0 respectively. The antifungal activity of the protein decreased more than 20% at the higher temperature (≥60 °C), and it declined more than 12% when the pH<4.0 or ≥8.0. Meanwhile, it was affected by metal cation, but was tolerant of proteinase K. 10 amino acids of the N-terminal sequence were measured by Edman degradation, however no one which had the high homology with the antifungal protein was retrieved through NCBI BLAST. [Conclusion] We speculated that the antifungal protein we obtained maybe a novel protein.