1169 results about "Antimicrobial peptides" patented technology

Antimicrobial peptides enable an alternate approach to developing antimicrobial coatings due to their targeting of the membranes of the bacteria. High specific activity is achieved by orienting the peptides so that the antimicrobial ends of the peptides maximally contact the bacteria. In one embodiment, one end of the peptide is covalently attached directly to the substrate. In another embodiment, the peptides are immobilized on the substrate using a coupling agent or tether. Non-covalent methods include coating the peptide onto the substrate or physiochemically immobilizing the peptides on the substrate using highly specific interactions, such as the biotin/avidin or streptavidin system. The compositions are substantially non-leaching, antifouling, and non-hemolytic. The immobilized peptides retain sufficient flexibility and mobility to interact with and de endocytosed by the bacteria, viruses, and/or fungi upon exposure. Immobilizing the peptides to the substrate reduces concerns regarding toxicity of the peptides and the development of antimicrobial resistance, while presenting substantially all of the peptide at the site of action at the surface of the substrate.

The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in impacting microbial pathogens and in enhancing disease resistance to pathogens, particularly by plants. The compositions of the invention include nucleic acid molecules encoding Fus6 polypeptides derived from Agrotis ipsilon that possess antimicrobial properties, particularly fungicidal properties. Further provided are plant cells plants, and seed thereof, transformed with the nucleic acid molecules of the invention so as to confer disease resistance on the plant.

The invention relates to a method for preparing health-benefiting fermented soybean meal enriched in small peptides, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), reducing sugar, lactobacillus plantarum and antimicrobial peptide. By utilizing strains of aspergillus oryzae, saccharomyces cerevisiae, bacillus subtilis and lactobacillus plantarum, the small peptides, free amino acids, reducing sugar, GABA and high viable count content in the lactobacillus plantarum in the health-benefiting fermented soybean meal are obtained through the two-stage solid state fermentation method, the small peptides account for 8.01-18 percent, the free amino acids has the content of 80-300mg/g, the reducing sugar reaches 20-80mg/g, the GABA reaches 0.317-0.5mg/g, the viable count content in the lactobacillus plantarum is 2-6.5*1010cfu/g, the antibacterial titer of antimicrobial peptides is 2.0*103-7.0*104 IU/g, and the yield of the health-benefiting fermented soybean meal is 82.03-90 percent. According to the process, the nutrient effect of the soybean meal can be improved, the prepared fermented soybean meal has the antibacterial effect, partial antibiotics can be replaced, the fermented soybean meal is conveniently preserved and saved, the process is simple and feasible, and the fermented soybean meal is green and environment-friendly and has application significance and wide prospect in the feed industry and breeding industry.

The invention discloses an anti-stress health compound feed for jewfish. The feed consists of an animal protein source, a plant protein source, a fat source raw material, a sugar source raw material, composite vitamin, composite mineral salt, hepatinica, a Chinese herbal medicine compound preparation, probiotic powder, a composite immunopotentiator, antimicrobial peptide, an acidifying agent and a premixed compound additive, wherein the animal protein source comprises one or more of fish meal, euphausiid meal and chicken meat meal; the plant protein source comprises one or more of seaweed meal, fermented soybean meal, soy protein concentrate and corn protein powder; the fat source comprises one or more of soybean oil, fish oil and phosphatide oil. The feed disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of being rapid in growth, low in food coefficient, good in stability in water, rapid to eat, convenient to use, low in feeding cost, resistant to stress, healthy and the like.

The invention is directed to peptides having antimicrobial activity (antimicrobial peptides). The antimicrobial peptides of the present invention are analogs of the Lentivirus Lytic Peptide 1 (LLP1) amino acid sequence. The invention is further directed to peptides referred to as the Lytic Base Unit (LBU) peptides derived from the LLP1 analogs, also having antimicrobial activity. In addition, the present invention is also directed to methods of using the peptides in a variety of contexts, including the treatment or prevention of infectious diseases. The antimicrobial LLP1 analog peptides and the LBU peptides (collectively eLLPs) may be highly active under high salt conditions and in biologic fluids. In addition, the eLLPs are effective when presented either in soluble form, or when attached to a solid surface. Furthermore, the peptides of the present invention are selectively active against a wide variety of bacterial pathogens and exhibit minimal toxicity to eukaryotic cells in vitro and in vivo.

The invention discloses a compound feed for 0-21-days-old broiler chicken and a preparation method of the compound feed. The compound feed is prepared from various raw materials of corn, flour, soybean meal, 60% of corn protein powder, soybean oil, limestone, calcium hydrophosphate, salt, antimicrobial peptide for the poultry, choline chloride, methionine, threonine, lysine, compound enzyme of corn and soybean meal, premixed vitamin compound, premix compound of trace elements and traditional Chinese medicine addictives. The preparation method for the compound feed comprises the following steps of: weighing all raw materials; putting the raw materials into a pulverizer to be pulverized; putting the pulverized raw materials into a mixer to be uniformly mixed; and granulating the mixed raw materials in a granulator after mixing. The compound feed has the beneficial effects that the compound feed disclosed by the invention is added with the traditional Chinese medicine addictives, so thatthe compound feed can meet the all nature requirements of the green food, diseases can be prevented, the immunity of the organism is enhanced, and the production performance of the broiler chicken can be improved so as to create favorable social value and economic benefits.

A method of treating a disease in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises providing to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound being capable of decreasing an activity and/or level of an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) and/or AMP-like molecule, thereby treating the disease in the subject in need thereof.

The present invention relates to targeting peptides capable of specifically binding to microbial organisms (e.g., P. aeruginosa or S. mutans), antimicrobial peptides having antimicrobial activities, and specifically/selectively targeted antimicrobial peptides (STAMPs). In addition, the present invention provides methods of selectively killing or inhibiting microbial organisms by using the peptides or compositions provided by the present invention.

The invention relates to a molecule comprising at least the amino acid sequence K X K X₁ X₂ X K G X wherein X is any amino acid residue X₁, and X₂ is K or R and wherein said molecule have a length of from about 10 to about 100 amino acid residues or an analogue thereof The invention also relates to compositions comprising said molecule and use of the molecule and/or composition of the invention to combat microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, including yeast, and parasites.

The present invention relates to the use of antimicrobial peptides in the inhibition of microbial growth and proliferation. Novel antimicrobial truncated peptides are disclosed which are based upon SMAP 29 and RCAP 18, but which contain a lesser number of amino acid residues yet still retain bactericidal activity. In addition, synthetic peptides based upon the SMAP 29 protein are disclosed which have fewer amino acid residues and include substitutions yet retain substantial activity. The invention also relates to a method of inhibiting microbial growth by administering an effective amount of a peptide in accordance with the invention, or by combining the peptides with other antimicrobial agents or antibiotics.

Labeled antimicrobial peptides and method of using the same to detect a microorganism of interest. In one embodiment, the method involves adding immuno-capture beads to a sample, the immuno-capture beads including capture antibodies coupled to a paramagnetic bead, the capture antibodies being specific for the type of microorganism of interest. After mixing, the target microorganism binds to the capture antibodies. Next, the beads are collected by positioning a magnet close to the sample, and the unbound material is removed from the sample. Then, a solution containing fluorescently-labeled antimicrobial peptide is added to the sample, the labeled peptide binding in great numbers to the immuno-captured microorganism. After removing unbound peptide, the beads are suspended in solution and a magnetic probe is used to collect the beads in a small volume. With the beads thus drawn together, the solution is excited with a laser. Such excitation causes the label to fluoresce, which fluorescence is then detected.

The invention discloses a technique for preparing antimicrobial peptide by using Bacillus subtilis, belonging to the technical field of bioengineering. By using Bacillus subtilis BRT39 capable of generating broad-spectrum high-efficiency antimicrobial peptide as a production strain, liquid seed preparation, fermentation liquid preparation, fermentation liquid pretreatment, antimicrobial peptide extraction and refinement, antimicrobial peptide dry powder preparation and other techniques are carried out to prepare the high-purity antimicrobial peptide finished product, wherein the activity recovery rate is up to higher than 43.5%. The invention has the advantages of simple technique, high yield of antimicrobial peptide, and high purity; the prepared antimicrobial peptide dry powder belongs to a natural antimicrobial agent and has no toxic or side effect, and thus, can be used as a food preservative, feed additive, agricultural biological control agent or animal disease preventing agent; and the antimicrobial peptide has the advantages of no toxicity, no residue, no drug resistance and high safety.

This invention provides a novel method to confer disease resistance to plants. Plant plastids are transformed using a plastid vector which contains heterologous DNA sequences coding for a cytotoxic antimicrobial peptide. Transgenic plants are capable of fighting off phytopathogenic bacterial infection.

A medical device or implant is disclosed. The medical device or implant comprises a body having at least one surface coated with, or including a peptide having at least 9 amino acid residues and less than 51 amino acid residues, the peptide including an amino acid sequence derived from an antimicrobial peptide.

Processes for providing durable antimicrobial surfaces are disclosed that comprise treating a polymer substrate surface with formaldehyde followed by treatment with an antimicrobial peptide. Further embodiments include articles, including medical devices, characterized by a durable antimicrobial surface provided by the processes of the invention.

The invention provides a nursing pig concentrated feed and belongs to the field of animal feeds. According to the nursing pig concentrated feed, an antibiotic is replaced by an antibiotic-substituting compound consisting of antimicrobial peptides, plant essential oil and an acidifying agent. The feed is purely green, safe and harmless, the immunity of pigs cannot be destroyed, and difficult pig breeding and severe food safety crisis which are caused by the excessive addition of the antibiotic are avoided.