Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10753425 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Bacillus licheniformis HS10 is a good biocontrol agent against Pseudoperonospora cubensis which caused cucumber downy disease. To identify and characterize the antifungal proteins produced by B.licheniformis HS10, the proteins from HS10 were isolated by using 30-60% ammonium sulfate precipitation, and purified with column chromatography on DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow, RESOURCE Q and Sephadex G-75. And the SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS analysis results demonstrated that the antifungal protein was a monomer with molecular weight of about 55 kDa, identified as carboxypeptidase. Our experiments also showed that the antifungal protein from B. licheniformis HS10 had significantly inhibition on eight different kinds of plant pathogenic fungi, and it was stable with good biological activity at as high as 100 °C for 30 min and in pH value ranged from 6 to 10. The biological activity was negatively affected by protease K and 10 mM metal cations except Ca2+.
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Authors
Zhixin Wang, Yunpeng Wang, Li Zheng, Xiaona Yang, Hongxia Liu, Jianhua Guo,