hemagglutinin/potato

Two novel glycolipids, emmyguyacin A (1a) and emmyguyacin B (1b), were isolated at concentrations of 1.51 g/L from a potato dextrose agar fermentation of a sterile fungus species. The compounds inhibit replication of influenza A virus (A/X31) in MDCK cells by inhibiting the pH-dependent

The worldwide need for producing safer and less expensive vaccines with minor manufacture and processing requirements, together with the advances made through biotechnology, has promoted the development of efficient alternative tools to conventional vaccines. One of these is the use of plants or

Many plant aspartic proteases contain an additional sequence of ~100 amino acids termed the plant-specific insert, which is involved in host defense and vacuolar targeting. Similar to all saposin-like proteins, the plant-specific insert functions via protein-membrane interactions; however, the

Conventional influenza vaccines are based on a virus obtained in chicken embryos or its components. The high variability of the surface proteins of influenza virus, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, requires strain-specific vaccines matching the antigenic specificity of newly emerging virus strains

Potatoes contain antinutritional and potentially toxic compounds including inhibitors of digestive enzymes, hemagglutinins, and glycoalkaloids. Solanum glycoalkaloids are reported to inhibit cholinesterase, disrupt cell membranes, and induce teratogenicity. In this overview, we describe the role of

Natural inhibitors of proteases have been shown to inhibit plaque production by influenza virus. Investigation of the fate of viral intracellular proteins revealed the inhibiting effect of these inhibitors on their posttranslation cutting. It is assumed, therefore, that the antiviral effect of the

The development of recombinant influenza vaccines with broad spectrum protection is an important task. The combination of conservative viral antigens, such as M2e, the extracellular domain of the transmembrane protein M2, and conserved regions of the second subunit of hemagglutinin (HA), provides an