Phage Lytic Enzymes and Their Applications
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 105085
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lytic enzymes encoded by bacteriophages are increasingly recognized as highly effective antibacterials with broad applications in (veterinary) medicine, diagnostics, and food conservation. Although diverse in structure and enzymatic specificity, they share a rapid and bactericidal killing mechanism through peptidoglycan degradation followed by osmotic lysis. Virtually each pathogen can be killed by this novel class of antibacterials. Significant progress has been realized in (pre)clinical analysis, formulation and administration routes of phage-encoded lytic enzymes. The last decade protein engineering has been extensively applied to improve their properties or to expand their applications to Gram-negative pathogens. In addition, single domains derived from phage-encoded lytic enzymes are increasingly used in diverse applications.
In this Special Issue of Viruses, we aim for research papers that contribute to an improved understanding of phage-derived lytic enzymes or that report on the development of phage-derived lytic enzymes (or their domains) for diverse applications.
Prof. Dr. Yves Briers
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lysin
- endolysin
- phages
- lysis
- peptidoglycan degradation
- antibacterial
- diagnostics
- (pre)clinical analysis
- enzyme engineering
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