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Table 5.1 Some bioactive peptides, source, and characteristics
Mushroom
Peptide or
protein
Size
(kDa) Function
References
Polyporus adusta
Adustin
16.5
Translation-inhibiting
polypeptide
Ng and Wang
(2004)
Polyporus alveolaris
Alveolarin
14
Antifungal against
Botrytis cinerea,
Fusarium oxysporum,
Mycosphaerella
arachidicola, and
Physalospora piricola
Wang et al.
(2004)
Cordyceps militaris
Cordymin
10.906 Antifungal against
Bipolaris maydis,
Mycosphaerella
arachidicola,
Rhizoctonia solani, and
Candida albicans
Wong et al.
(2011)
Inhibited HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase,
antiproliferative activity
toward breast cancer cells
Pleurotus eryngii
Eryngin
10
Antifungal against
Fusarium oxysporum
and Mycosphaerella
arachidicola
Wang and Ng
(2004b)
Ganoderma lucidum
Ganodermin
15
Antifungal against
Botrytis cinerea,
Fusarium oxysporum,
and Physalospora
piricola
Wang and Ng
(2006)
Hypsizygus marmoreus
Hypsin
20
Antifungal against
Mycosphaerella
arachidicola,
Physalospora piricola,
Fusarium oxysporum,
and Botrytis cinerea
Ng et al.
(2010)
Ribosome-inactivating
protein (RIPs)
HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase activity
Antiproliferative activity
against mouse leukemia
cells and human leukemia
and hepatoma cells
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5 Fungal Productions of Biological Active Proteins