Antimicrobial peptides are promising therapeutic agents in view of increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial peptides usually fold in α-helical, β-sheet, and extended/random-coil structures. T...Antimicrobial peptides are promising therapeutic agents in view of increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial peptides usually fold in α-helical, β-sheet, and extended/random-coil structures. The α-helical antimicrobial peptides are often unstructured in aqueous solution but become structured on bacterial membrane. The α-helical structure allows the partitioning into bacterial membrane. Therefore it is important to understand the mechanism of unfolding and refolding of α-helical structure in antimicrobial peptides. It is not very easy to obverse and study the process of unfolding and refolding of α-helical antimicrobial peptides because of their rapidity. Therefore, molecular simulation provides a way to observe and explain this phenomenon. Plantaricin A is a 26 amino-acid antimicrobial pheromone peptide and can spontaneously unfold and refold under physiological condition. This study demonstrated the unfolding and refolding of plantaricin A by means of molecular simulation, and its mechanism was discussed with its implication to the Levinthal paradox.展开更多
植物乳杆菌素plantaricin Q7是由植物乳杆菌Lactobacillus plantarum Q7产生的,其具有广谱抑菌活性的细菌素,有安全、高效、稳定性好等优点.将效价为533 AU∙mL^(-1)的植物乳杆菌素Q7添加到牛乳中,探究其在牛乳贮藏过程中的保鲜效果.结...植物乳杆菌素plantaricin Q7是由植物乳杆菌Lactobacillus plantarum Q7产生的,其具有广谱抑菌活性的细菌素,有安全、高效、稳定性好等优点.将效价为533 AU∙mL^(-1)的植物乳杆菌素Q7添加到牛乳中,探究其在牛乳贮藏过程中的保鲜效果.结果表明:植物乳杆菌素Q7维持了牛乳良好感官,牛乳贮藏第13天时仍没有异味出现,保持乳白色、略带黄色的状态,无分层和沉淀.荧光假单胞菌是牛乳中的优势嗜冷腐败菌.未添加植物乳杆菌素Q7的牛乳中,荧光假单胞菌落数在第7天超出国标规定;添加植物乳杆菌素Q7将延长荧光假单胞菌落数超出国标规定的时间4 d.植物乳杆菌素Q7有效减缓了牛乳酸度的增加速度,降低了牛乳pH值的下降速度.本研究为植物乳杆菌素Q7的开发与应用提供了依据.展开更多
文摘Antimicrobial peptides are promising therapeutic agents in view of increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial peptides usually fold in α-helical, β-sheet, and extended/random-coil structures. The α-helical antimicrobial peptides are often unstructured in aqueous solution but become structured on bacterial membrane. The α-helical structure allows the partitioning into bacterial membrane. Therefore it is important to understand the mechanism of unfolding and refolding of α-helical structure in antimicrobial peptides. It is not very easy to obverse and study the process of unfolding and refolding of α-helical antimicrobial peptides because of their rapidity. Therefore, molecular simulation provides a way to observe and explain this phenomenon. Plantaricin A is a 26 amino-acid antimicrobial pheromone peptide and can spontaneously unfold and refold under physiological condition. This study demonstrated the unfolding and refolding of plantaricin A by means of molecular simulation, and its mechanism was discussed with its implication to the Levinthal paradox.