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Provedor de dados: 	58	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	A novel expression vector for the secretion of abaecin in Bacillus subtilis	
Autores: 	Li,Li; Mu,Lan; Wang,Xiaojuan; Yu,Jingfeng; Hu,Ruiping; Li,Zhen.	
Data: 	2017-12-01	
Ano: 	2017	
Palavras-chave: 	Abaecin; Antimicrobial peptides; Bacillus subtilis; Expression.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe a Bacillus subtilis expression system based on genetically modified B. subtilis. Abaecin, an antimicrobial peptide obtained from Apis mellifera, can enhance the effect of pore-forming peptides from other species on the inhibition of bacterial growth. For the exogenous expression, the abaecin gene was fused with a tobacco etch virus protease cleavage site, a promoter Pglv, and a mature beta-glucanase signal peptide. Also, a B. subtilis expression system was constructed. The recombinant abaecin gene was expressed and purified as a recombinant protein in the culture supernatant. The purified abaecin did not inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli strain K88. Cecropin A and hymenoptaecin exhibited potent bactericidal activities at concentrations of 1 and 1.5 µM. Combinatorial assays revealed that cecropin A and hymenoptaecin had sublethal concentrations of 0.3 and 0.5 µM. This potentiating functional interaction represents a promising therapeutic strategy. It provides an opportunity to address the rising threat of multidrug-resistant pathogens that are recalcitrant to conventional antibiotics.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000400809	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjm.2017.01.009	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.48 n.4 2017	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess