Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 206-218.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0707

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Advance in the Research of the Antifungal Peptides

WANG Zhi-xin1(), LU Lei-zhen1, ZHOU Jing-bo1, FENG Cheng-ling1, JIA Zi-wei1, NING Ya-wei1, JIA Ying-min2()   

  1. 1. Research Center for Fermentation Engineering of Hebei,College of Bioscience and Bioengineering,Hebei University of Science and Technology,Shijiazhuang 050018
    2. School of Food and Health Engineering,Beijing Technology and Business University,Beijing 100048
  • Received:2020-06-10 Online:2021-03-26 Published:2021-04-02
  • Contact: JIA Ying-min E-mail:zhxwang0311@163.com;jiayingmin@btbu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The harmful fungi have caused plant fungal disease,food contamination and human fungal infection,which can bring great harm to people’s life and production. Moreover,the increasing resistance of harmful fungi to antifungal drugs has made them difficult to control. Due to the drug residues and the toxic effects,the traditional synthetic fungicides have been unable to meet the people’s needs. Antifungal peptides,as the natural defense molecules of living organisms,have become an important research object in response to fungal hazards and drug resistance. Antifungal peptides can inhibit the harmful fungi,and have the characteristics of high efficiency,broad spectrum and high safety. The unique antifungal mechanism of antifungal peptides can solve the problem of fungal drug resistance,which has gradually attracted people’s attention in fungi control. Based on this,this paper mainly analyzed and discussed the following aspects such as the harm of fungi,the source of antifungal peptides,the method of isolation and purification,the antifungal mechanism of antifungal peptides,etc.,aiming to provide a reference for the study of antifungal peptides.

Key words: antifungal peptides, fungal hazard, isolation and purification, antifungal mechanism