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doi:10.22028/D291-30741
Title: | Efficacy of Allicin against Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Unveiling the Underlying Mode of Action Employing Yeast Based Chemogenetic Profiling Approach |
Author(s): | Sarfraz, Muhammad Nasim, Muhammad Jawad Jacob, Claus Gruhlke, Martin C. H. |
Language: | English |
Title: | Applied Sciences |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 7 |
Publisher/Platform: | MDPI |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Free key words: | allicin garlic antifungal activities haploinsufficiency screening yeast chemogenetic screening fungicide agriculture |
DDC notations: | 500 Science 600 Technology 610 Medicine and health |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Allicin (diallylthiosulfinate) is the principal organosulfur compound present in freshly damaged garlic tissue which exhibits a wide range of biological actions including antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and anticancer properties. The antifungal activities of allicin were investigated against plant pathogenic fungi of agriculture importance. Furthermore, a yeast genome haploinsufficiency screening was also employed to decipher the antifungal mode of action of allicin. Wildtype and 1152 yeast mutant strains (each deprived of one specific allele of an essential gene in a diploid strain) were screened against allicin. Allicin exhibited promising antifungal properties against all the tested plant pathogens. Haploinsufficiency screening revealed three hypersensitive yeast mutants with gene deletions coding for proteins involved in DNA replication, mitochondrial translation and chromatids cohesion. These processes play a vital role in the cell cycle, growth and viability of yeast cells. Taken together, the results of the present study unravel the excellent antifungal activities and mechanisms and modes of action of allicin. These findings also indicate the potential use of allicin as an alternative “green” fungicide (fumigant) in agriculture. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.3390/app10072563 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-307413 hdl:20.500.11880/30221 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-30741 |
ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
Date of registration: | 16-Dec-2020 |
Faculty: | NT - Naturwissenschaftlich- Technische Fakultät |
Department: | NT - Pharmazie |
Professorship: | NT - Prof. Dr. Claus Jacob |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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