Antimicrobial Peptaibols, Trichokonins, Inhibit Mycelial Growth and Sporulation and Induce Cell Apoptosis in the Pathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea

P Zhao, A Ren, P Dong, Y Sheng, D Li - Applied biochemistry and …, 2018 - Springer
Trichokonins (TKs) are antimicrobial peptaibols extracted from Trichoderma pseudokoningii
strain SMF2. In this paper, it was discovered that TK VI, the main active ingredient of TKs …

DMSO-Induced Unfolding of the Antifungal Disulfide Protein PAF and Its Inactive Variant: A Combined NMR and DSC Study

A Czajlik, Á Batta, K Kerner, Á Fizil, D Hajdu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
PAF and related antifungal proteins are promising antimicrobial agents. They have highly
stable folds around room temperature due to the presence of 3–4 disulfide bonds. However …

Rare earth element sequestration by Aspergillus oryzae biomass

I Boczonádi, Á Jakab, E Baranyai, CN Tóth… - Environmental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The fungus Aspergillus oryzae could be shown to be a viable alternative for biosorption of
valuable metals from solution. Fungal biomass can be obtained easily in high quantities as a …

Interactions between statins and Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) to inhibit the germination of sporangiospores of different sensitive Zygomycetes

L Galgoczy, T Papp, G Lukács, E Leiter… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
This study reports on the antifungal activities of statins combined with an antifungal
compound secreted by Penicillium chrysogenum, PAF. Several species belonging in the …

Metal stress induces programmed cell death in aquatic fungi

MM Azevedo, B Almeida, P Ludovico, F Cássio - Aquatic toxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
Aquatic hyphomycetes are a group of fungi that play a key role in organic matter turnover in
both clean and metal-polluted streams. We examined the ability of Cu or Zn to induce …

Sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the cell-penetrating antifungal peptide PAF26 correlates with endogenous nitric oxide (NO) production

L Carmona, M Gandía, B López-García… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
PAF26 is a synthetic fungicidal hexapeptide with cell-penetration properties and non-lytic
mode of action. We demonstrate herein the endogenous accumulation of reactive oxygen …

The Bax inhibitor MrBI-1 regulates heat tolerance, apoptotic-like cell death and virulence in Metarhizium robertsii

Y Chen, Z Duan, P Chen, Y Shang, C Wang - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Bax inhibitor 1 (BI-1) is a highly conserved protein originally identified as a
suppressor of the proapoptotic protein Bax to inhibit cell death in animals and plants. The …

Adaptative and developmental responses to stress in Aspergillus nidulans

O Etxebeste, U Ugalde… - Current Protein and …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Development in the ascomycete A. nidulans is principally determined by environmental
signals. Adaptability to oxidative stimuli can derive in changes of growth patterns and/or the …

Effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) on barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust pathogens

B Barna, É Leiter, N Hegedűs, T Bíró… - Journal of basic …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The small molecular mass antifungal protein of Penicillium chrysogenum (PAF) inhibited the
growths of two obligate biotrophic fungal pathogens, Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei and …

Isolation and anti-Verticillium dahliae activity from Bacillus axarquiensis TUBP1 protein

H Zeng, R Chen, X Luo, J Tian - Process Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Anti-Verticillium dahliae proteins were purified by applying (NH 4) 2 SO 4 (70%)
precipitation, DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow (DEAE FF), and Sephadex G-100 column …