HEVAMINE-RELATED PLANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220395548A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17660967

    申请日:2022-04-27

    Abstract: The present application relates to a compositions and methods comprising or expressing a hevamine A-related MoMo30 protein from Momordica balsamina. The MoMo30 protein is about 30 kDa in size, is stable after being autoclaved at 120° C. for 30 min, resists proteolytic cleavage by trypsin, exhibits mannose-sensitive binding to HIV gp120, exhibits hemagglutinin and chitinase activity, is capable of activating and stimulating T cell proliferation, is capable of preventing infection by HIV-1 or alleviating symptoms in an HIV-1 infected patients, and comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4. The MoMo30 protein and/or a nucleic acid encoding the same may be used in methods for preventing or treating microbial infections by HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses, as well as other microorganisms comprising cell surface proteins containing glycan residues, such as mannose.

    ANTIMICROBIAL HEVAMINE A-RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220401527A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17805753

    申请日:2022-06-07

    Abstract: In one aspect, nutraceutical compositions, methods of preparation and methods of use comprise a nutraceutical composition comprising an antimicrobial hevamine A-related protein from Momordica balsamina alone or in combination with one or more nutraceutical ingredients. In another aspect, a method of preventing or treating a microbial infection in a plant comprises applying an effective amount of a composition containing the hevamine A-related protein to a whole plant, plant part, or media in which the plant is growing. In a further aspect, the present application provides a transgenic plant stably transformed with a polynucleotide encoding the hevamine A-related protein.

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