Expression of plectasin in Pichia pastoris and its characterization as a new antimicrobial peptide against Staphyloccocus and Streptococcus

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-196

  Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Yang, Yalin ^a,b   Teng, Da ^a,b   Tian, Zigang ^a,b   Wang, Shaoran ^a,b   Wang, Jianhua ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Anti Staphyloccocus; Anti Streptococcus; Antimicrobial peptide; Pichia pastoris; Recombinant plectasin; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PLECTASIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PICHIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PICHIA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; PICHIA PASTORIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 79958768807     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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