TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khan, Muhammad Usman
A1  - Pirzadeh, Maryam
A1  - Förster, Carola Yvette
A1  - Shityakov, Sergey
A1  - Shariati, Mohammad Ali
T1  - Role of milk-derived antibacterial peptides in modern food biotechnology: their synthesis, applications and future perspectives
JF  - Biomolecules
N2  - Milk-derived antibacterial peptides (ABPs) are protein fragments with a positive influence on the functions and conditions of a living organism. Milk-derived ABPs have several useful properties important for human health, comprising a significant antibacterial effect against various pathogens, but contain toxic side-effects. These compounds are mainly produced from milk proteins via fermentation and protein hydrolysis. However, they can also be produced using recombinant DNA techniques or organic synthesis. This review describes the role of milk-derived ABPs in modern food biotechnology with an emphasis on their synthesis and applications. Additionally, we also discuss the mechanisms of action and the main bioproperties of ABPs. Finally, we explore future perspectives for improving ABP physicochemical properties and diminishing their toxic side-effects.
KW  - milk proteins
KW  - bioactive peptide
KW  - antibacterial activity
KW  - fermentation
KW  - protein hydrolysis
KW  - recombinant DNA
KW  - peptide synthesis
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-197610
SN  - 2218-273X
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sarukhanyan, Edita
A1  - Shityakov, Sergey
A1  - Dandekar, Thomas
T1  - In silico designed Axl receptor blocking drug candidates against Zika virus infection
JF  - ACS Omega
N2  - After a large outbreak in Brazil, novel drugs against Zika virus became extremely necessary. Evaluation of virus-based pharmacological strategies concerning essential host factors brought us to the idea that targeting the Axl receptor by blocking its dimerization function could be critical for virus entry. Starting from experimentally validated compounds, such as RU-301, RU-302, warfarin, and R428, we identified a novel compound 2′ (R428 derivative) to be the most potent for this task amongst a number of alternative compounds and leads. The improved affinity of compound 2′ was confirmed by molecular docking as well as molecular dynamics simulation techniques using implicit solvation models. The current study summarizes a new possibility for inhibition of the Axl function as a potential target for future antiviral therapies.
KW  - free energy
KW  - molecular docking
KW  - molecular dynamics
KW  - simulation
KW  - pharmacology
KW  - proteins
KW  - structure-activity relationship
KW  - viruses
KW  - Zika virus
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-176739
VL  - 3
IS  - 5
ER  -