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Development of a Novel Chimeric Endolysin, Lys109 With Enhanced Lytic Activity Against Staphylococcus aureus

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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.615887

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Staphylococcus aureus; endolysin; domain swapping; screening; antimicrobial agent

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  1. Basic Science Research Programs through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [2020R1A2B5B03094303]
  2. Ministry of Food and Drug Safety [20162MFDS142]

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This study constructed a random domain swapping library of four different endolysins from phages infecting Staphylococcus aureus and screened to obtain engineered endolysins. The novel chimeric endolysin, Lys109, exhibited greater lytic activity against staphylococcal planktonic cells and biofilms, showing highly improved activity in eliminating S. aureus from milk and stainless steel surfaces. These results suggest that a novel chimeric endolysin with higher activity and solubility can be developed by random domain swapping, demonstrating great potential as an antimicrobial agent.
As the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become increased, phage endolysins are believed as one of the promising alternatives to antibiotics. However, the discovery of potent endolysin is still challenging because it is labor intensive and difficult to obtain a soluble form with high lytic activity. In this respect, the modular structures of Gram-positive endolysins can provide an opportunity to develop novel endolysins by domain rearrangement. In this study, a random domain swapping library of four different endolysins from phages infecting Staphylococcus aureus was constructed and screened to obtain engineered endolysins. The novel chimeric endolysin, Lys109 was selected and characterized for its staphylolytic activity. Lys109 exhibited greater bacterial cell lytic activity than its parental endolysins against staphylococcal planktonic cells and biofilms, showing highly improved activity in eliminating S. aureus from milk and on the surface of stainless steel. These results demonstrate that a novel chimeric endolysin with higher activity and solubility can be developed by random domain swapping and that this chimeric endolysin has a great potential as an antimicrobial agent.

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