Small Peptides in the Detection of Mycotoxins and Their Potential Applications in Mycotoxin Removal.

ABSTRACT: Mycotoxins pose significant risks to humans and livestock. In addition, contaminated food- and feedstuffs can only be discarded, leading to increased economic losses and potential ecological pollution. Mycotoxin removal and real-time toxin level monitoring are effective approaches to solve this problem. As a hot research hotspot, small peptides derived from phage display peptide libraries, combinatorial peptide libraries, and rational design approaches can act as coating antigens, competitive antigens, and anti-immune complexes in immunoassays for the detection of mycotoxins. Furthermore, as a potential approach to mycotoxin degradation, small peptides can mimic the natural enzyme catalytic site to construct artificial enzymes containing oxidoreductases, hydrolase, and lyase activities. In

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9698726 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature