Quezada-Rivera JJ1, RE Soria-Guerra2, FS Pérez-Juárez2, L Martínez-González2, SE Valdés- Rodríguez3, NL Vasco-Méndez1, JF Morales-Domínguez1
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.1, pp. 25-35, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.04549
Abstract The use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) synthesized
by bacteria (bacteriocins) is an alternative for combating multidrug
resistant bacterial strains and their production by recombinant route
is a viable option for their mass production. The bacteriocin E-760
isolated from the genus Enterococcus sp. has been shown to possess
inhibitory activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive
bacteria. In this study, the expression of a chimeric protein coding
for E-760 in the nucleus of C. reinhardtii was evaluated, as well as,
its antibacterial activity. The synthetic gene E-760S was inserted
into the genome of C. reinhardtii using Agrobacterium tumefaciens.… More >