Heterologous expression of recombinant scygonadin antimicrobial peptide from mud crab Scylla serrata

• Main Authors: Nurfarhana Rosli, Farah Ayunie Mohd Zain, Sandra Catherine Zainathan, Siti Nor Khadijah Addis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12781/1/48_01_14.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12781/; http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=897&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the most common immune effectors in invertebrates that functions as the first line of defence against microbial infection. Scygonadin is an AMP which can be found in the seminal plasma of Scylla serrata. Preceding studies had shown that scygonadin have the ability...