Endolysin, a promising solution against antimicrobial resistance

M Rahman, W Wang, Q Sun, JA Shah, C Li, Y Sun, Y Li… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global crisis for human public health which threatens the
effective prevention and control of ever-increasing infectious diseases. The advent of …

Endolysins as emerging alternative therapeutic agents to counter drug-resistant infections

VS Gondil, K Harjai, S Chhibber - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Endolysins are the lytic products of bacteriophages which play a specific role in the release
of phage progeny by degrading the peptidoglycan of the host bacterium. In the light of …

Gram-negative bacterial lysins

C Ghose, CW Euler - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have had a profound impact on human society by enabling the eradication of
otherwise deadly infections. Unfortunately, antibiotic use and overuse has led to the rapid …

Phage lysins for fighting bacterial respiratory infections: a new generation of antimicrobials

R Vázquez, E García, P García - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis are responsible for the death of about 4.5
million people each year and are the main causes of mortality in children under 5 years of …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriophage-encoded enzymes destroying bacterial cell membranes and walls, and their potential use as antimicrobial agents

Ł Grabowski, K Łepek, M Stasiłojć… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Appearance of pathogenic bacteria resistant to most, if not all, known antibiotics is currently
one of the most significant medical problems. Therefore, development of novel antibacterial …

Bacteriophage-derived endolysins to target gram-negative bacteria

WCB Lai, X Chen, MKY Ho, J Xia, SSY Leung - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacteriophage-encoded endolysins (lysins) have emerged as a novel class of antibacterial
agents to combat the surging antibiotic resistance. Lysins have specific structures and …

Potential of bacteriophage proteins as recognition molecules for pathogen detection

SP Costa, CL Nogueira, AP Cunha… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Bacterial pathogens are leading causes of infections with high mortality worldwide having a
great impact on healthcare systems and the food industry. Gold standard methods for …

Catalytic diversity and cell wall binding repeats in the phage‐encoded endolysins

SS Broendum, AM Buckle… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriophage‐encoded endolysins can recognize and bind specific bacteria, and act to
cleave the glycosidic and/or amide bonds in the peptidoglycan (PG) bacterial cell wall …

What's in a Name? An overview of the proliferating nomenclature in the field of phage lysins

R Vázquez, Y Briers - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, the volume of research produced on phage lysins has grown
spectacularly due to the interest in using them as alternative antimicrobials. As a result, a …

Antibacterial synergy between a phage endolysin and citric acid against the Gram-negative kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

HM Sisson, RD Fagerlund, SA Jackson… - Applied and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Horticultural diseases caused by bacterial pathogens provide an obstacle to crop production
globally. Management of the infection of kiwifruit by the Gram-negative phytopathogen …