Unique amalgamation of primary and secondary structural elements transform peptaibols into potent bioactive cell-penetrating peptides. (ouhsc.edu)
Trichoderma3
Salkinoja-Salonen says her team coined the term "trilongins" ("trilong-" is from " Trichoderma longibrachiatum ," and "-in" is the suffix for any peptaibol toxin) for the specific sets of peptaibols they identified to distinguish the unique group effect from that of single peptaibols. (nih.gov)
Are the ants detecting the peptaibols produced by the invading Trichoderma, triggering a weeding response? (earth.com)
Trichoderma longibrachiatum produces many secondary metabolites including: peptaibols, polyketides, pyrones, terpenes and diketopiperazine-like compounds. (nutrawiki.org)
Secondary1
Peptaibols are secondary metabolites formed by certain fungi that have been generally known for many years to alter ion channels in membranes. (nih.gov)
Fungus2
They discovered that ants identify diseased fungus by sniffing out specific chemicals named peptaibols. (earth.com)
Maybe the fungus is detecting the peptaibols. (earth.com)
Peptaibol1
Further investigation by the team revealed that the substances involved in the ion channel damage contained various mixtures of two size classes of peptaibols-one 11-residue peptaibol and eight 20-residue peptaibols. (nih.gov)
Specific1
Despite this breakthrough, the team faced the daunting challenge of identifying the specific peptaibols responsible for triggering the ants' weeding activity . (earth.com)
Team1
The team discovered that the peptaibols acted synergistically, with greater damage caused by isolates in which the two classes were combined. (nih.gov)