Redox-Related Proteins in Biofilm Lifestyle
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Aberrant Oxidation of Biomolecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 November 2024 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quinone oxidoreductases; sulfurtransferases; antibiofilm molecules; biofilm; proteomics
Interests: green chemistry; biocatalysis; flow synthesis; polyphenols; biologically active compounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biofilm is a microbial lifestyle undertaken in the presence of unfavorable or stressful conditions. In this context, biofilm represents a sessile protective environment in which the processes involved in maintaining redox homeostasis play important roles. Biofilm can be detrimental and is closely correlated with the virulence and tolerance to antimicrobial treatments of many pathogens, which, therefore, represent a major problem for different relevant fields (e.g., the clinical, agricultural, cosmetics, and food sectors). However, biofilms could also play a beneficial role in nature, and they could have several advantageous applications, such as waste and water treatment and plant-growth promotion.
In this Special Issue, we will collect publications that improve knowledge of proteins, such as enzymes, and their mechanisms, which often directly or indirectly take part in redox homeostasis, preferentially in biofilms. We will also collect publications in which the potential of these redox-related proteins as targets for the identification and development of antibiofilm agents and biofilm modulators is studied. Moreover, understanding their role in the strategies employed to fight pathogens or modulate beneficial biofilms by gaining mechanistic insights regarding their action on biofilms is another aim of this Special Issue.
Dr. Fabio Forlani
Dr. Francesca Annunziata
Dr. Salvatore Princiotto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- redox-related proteins
- redox homeostasis
- biofilm
- antibiofilm compounds
- biofilm modulators
- bioactive compounds
- mechanistic studies
