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Optimization Of Extraction Process And Activity Study Of Antimicrobial Peptides From Pleurotus Tuber-Regium Mycelium, Zhang Shu-Hui, Luo Lu, Sun Xue-Yan, Ma Ai-Min
Optimization Of Extraction Process And Activity Study Of Antimicrobial Peptides From Pleurotus Tuber-Regium Mycelium, Zhang Shu-Hui, Luo Lu, Sun Xue-Yan, Ma Ai-Min
Food and Machinery
Objective: To improve the yield and antibacterial rate of antimicrobial peptides from Pleurotus tuber-regium mycelium (PTRM-AMPs). Methods: Taking the yield and the antibacterial rate of PTRM-AMPs against Staphylococcus aureus and Esche-richia coli as evaluation indexes, on the basis of protease screening, the extraction process of PTRM-AMPs was optimized, and the minimum inhibitory concentration of PTRM-AMPs was determined. Results: The optimum technological conditions for the preparation of PTRM-AMPs by alkaline protease hydrolysis were as follows: the enzymatic hydrolysis temperature was 39.5 ℃, the enzymatic hydrolysis time was 3.2 h, the pH value was 11.1, the solid-liquid ratio was …
Characterization Of Genetic Pathways Involved In Resistance To A Novel Antifungal Peptide, Kayla L. Haberman
Characterization Of Genetic Pathways Involved In Resistance To A Novel Antifungal Peptide, Kayla L. Haberman
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Antibiotic resistance is increasing prevalence, particularly in Candida glabrata. This opportunistic pathogen is closely phylogenetically related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae; however, its characterization is limited. C. glabrata is only second to Candida albicans as a fungal pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Commonly resistant to azoles, the most common fungal therapy, it has become costly and challenging to treat. A histatin 5 derived antifungal peptide, KM29, has a high degree of efficacy in Candida species and S. cerevisiae. The objective of this work is to advance our understanding of the mechanism of action of KM29 against C. glabrata. Previous work in the lab …
Flippase Inhibitors As Antimicrobial Agents, Robert Tancer
Flippase Inhibitors As Antimicrobial Agents, Robert Tancer
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Drug resistant microbes are a considerable challenge for modern medicine to overcome. The research described in this dissertation involved development of lipid flippase inhibitors and investigating their potential as antimicrobial agents against various drug resistant microbes. The microbes primarily investigated were methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) & Cryptococcus neoformans. Chapter 1 reviews the historical perspective and summarizes the current state of the field of research. In Chapter 2, the design space of an antimicrobial peptide known as humimycin was explored and the effects of modifications on its structure were observed against MRSA. Several key observations resulted. Most notably, the …