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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2018

Molecular insights into the antifungal mechanism of bacilysin.

Tao Wang, Xiao-Huan Liu, Mian-Bin Wu, Shun Ge

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Article in Journal of molecular modeling, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tao WangSchool of Biological Science, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. tao-wang@zju.edu.cn.
Xiao-Huan LiuSchool of Biological Science, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
Mian-Bin WuKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. wumb@zju.edu.cn.
Shun GeSchool of Biological Science, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
Jining Medical University · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation cultivation project of Jining medical university JYP201704the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21376215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacilysin is one of the simplest antimicrobial peptides and has drawn great attention for its excellent performance against Candida albicans. In this study, the antifungal mechanism of bacilysin was investigated. The target enzyme glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GFA) was expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli and its inhibition by bacilysin and derivatives was studied. It was concluded that bacilysin could be hydrolyzed by a proteinase of C. albicans, and that the released product, anticapsin, then inhibited the aminotransferase activity of GFA. This result was verified by molecular simulation, and the interaction mode of anticapsin with GFA was detailed, which provides data for the development of novel antifungal drugs. Transport of bacilysin into fungal cells was also simulated and it was shown that bacilysin is more readily transported into cells than anticapsin. Thus, our findings support a mechanism whereby bacilysin is transported into fungal pathogens, hydrolyzed to anticapsin, which then inhibits GFA.

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AnticapsinAntifungal mechanismBacilysinMembrane transporterMolecular dynamics simulation

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PMID29700621
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