Molecular docking study of bio-inhibitors extracted from marine macro-alga Ulva fasciata against hemolysin protein of luminescence disease-causing Vibrio harveyi.

Archives of Microbiology
Krishnamoorthy SivakumarAkshaya Panigrahi

Abstract

Shrimp grow-out and hatchery systems are being affected by bacterial disease particularly Vibrios. The use of chemotherapeutic agents in aquaculture practices has to lead to the development of resistance among aquatic bacteria. Thus, health management becomes of major importance in aquaculture. Under this situation, progressing bio-inhibitors from marine resources are most appropriate to be considered against pathogenic bacteria. Molecular docking is an appropriate tool in structural biology and computer-assisted drug design to predict and neutralize a target protein of known diseases. In this study, marine macro-alga Ulva fasciata was aimed at developing inhibitors against luminescence disease-causing pathogenic bacteria Vibrio harveyi. U. fasciata was collected from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India. Extract of U. fasciata was tested against growth and virulence factors of V. harveyi during Penaeus monodon larviculture. Further U. fasciata extract was subjected to GC-MS analysis to identify the biomolecules. The homology modeling of virulent protein, hemolysin of V. harveyi was designed in this study. Hence, it was aimed for molecular docking against the biomolecules identified from U. fasciata extract. During shrimp larvicultur...Continue Reading

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