Structural and Gene Characterization of a New Antifungal Peptide Obtained from Penicillium crustosum FP11 Strain
Juliana Beal Menegotto, Lucas F. Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão, Alexandre Maller, Marina Kimiko Kadowaki & José Luis da C.Silva · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2020
A novel antifungal peptide, PcAFP (6.48 kDa, pI 8.83), was obtained from the culture supernatant of the fungus Penicillium crustosum. The gene encoding the PcAFP peptide was isolated based on its homologue in Penicillium chrysogenum, PgAFP. PcAFP is a small, cystine-rich peptide,...
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10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i130164