KSL-W analogues, peptide conjugates and tryptophan-containing cyclic peptides with activity against plant pathogens

Plant diseases produced by bacteria are responsible for considerable economic losses. These phytopathologies are highly contagious and difficult to control. With this aim, we selected peptides reported as plant defense elicitors, promiscuous, multifunctional or antimicrobial and tested them against...

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Autor: Camó Marín, Cristina
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/668831
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668831
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:KSL-M
Peptides
Pèptids
Péptidos
Conjugats
Conjugados
Conjugates
Tryptophan
Plant patogen
Patògens vegetals
Patógenos vegetales
Plant diseases
Malalties de les plantes
Enfermedades de las plantas
Lipopeptides
Lipopèptids
Lipopéptidos
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Sumario:Plant diseases produced by bacteria are responsible for considerable economic losses. These phytopathologies are highly contagious and difficult to control. With this aim, we selected peptides reported as plant defense elicitors, promiscuous, multifunctional or antimicrobial and tested them against plant pathogenic bacteria, being KSL-W the best candidate. This peptide was taken as a lead and analogues were designed and synthesized, including N-terminal deletion sequences, peptides incorporating D-amino acids and lipopeptides. Moreover, we studied the peptide conjugation of an antimicrobial peptide, a plant defense elicitor peptide and/or a cell-penetrating peptide. The last part of this thesis was focused on the synthesis of cyclic peptides designed by replacing a Phe residue with a Trp. The analysis of the biological activity results showed that this replacement improved the biological profile. In summary, this thesis allowed the identification of new lead peptides to control phytopathogenic diseases