Over-expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae exo-β-1,3-glucanase gene together with the Bacillus subtilis endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase gene and the Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene in yeast

1997 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre van Rensburg ◽  
Willem H. van Zyl ◽  
Isak S. Pretorius
Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 585
Author(s):  
Marie-Louise Heymich ◽  
Laura Nißl ◽  
Dominik Hahn ◽  
Matthias Noll ◽  
Monika Pischetsrieder

The fight against food waste benefits from novel agents inhibiting spoilage. The present study investigated the preservative potential of the antimicrobial peptides Leg1 (RIKTVTSFDLPALRFLKL) and Leg2 (RIKTVTSFDLPALRWLKL) recently identified in chickpea legumin hydrolysates. Checkerboard assays revealed strong additive antimicrobial effects of Leg1/Leg2 with sodium benzoate against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis with fractional inhibitory concentrations of 0.625 and 0.75. Additionally, Leg1/Leg2 displayed antifungal activity with minimum inhibitory concentrations of 500/250 µM against Saccharomyces cerevisiae and 250/125 µM against Zygosaccharomyces bailii. In contrast, no cytotoxic effects were observed against human Caco-2 cells at concentrations below 2000 µM (Leg1) and 1000 µM (Leg2). Particularly Leg2 showed antioxidative activity by radical scavenging and reducing mechanisms (maximally 91.5/86.3% compared to 91.2/94.7% for the control ascorbic acid). The present results demonstrate that Leg1/Leg2 have the potential to be applied as preservatives protecting food and other products against bacterial, fungal and oxidative spoilage.


1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 2535-2539
Author(s):  
W Y Chooi ◽  
E Otaka

Specific antibodies directed against Drosophila melanogaster acidic ribosomal protein S14 were used in a comparative study of eucaryotic and procaryotic ribosomes by immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Common antigenic determinants and, thus, structural homology were found between D. melanogaster, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S25), rabbit liver (S12), Bacillus subtilis (S6), and Escherichia coli (S6) ribosomes.


1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 2535-2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Y Chooi ◽  
E Otaka

Specific antibodies directed against Drosophila melanogaster acidic ribosomal protein S14 were used in a comparative study of eucaryotic and procaryotic ribosomes by immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Common antigenic determinants and, thus, structural homology were found between D. melanogaster, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S25), rabbit liver (S12), Bacillus subtilis (S6), and Escherichia coli (S6) ribosomes.


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