<i>In Silico</i> Investigations on Basal Stem Rot Disease and Biocontrol in <i>Elaeis Guineensis</i>

Ezebuo Fortunatus Chidolue; Lukong Colin Banboye; Okafor Irene Ngozi; Onuoha Maxwell Chijioke

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In Silico Investigations on Basal Stem Rot Disease and Biocontrol in Elaeis Guineensis

Ezebuo Fortunatus Chidolue, Lukong Colin Banboye, Okafor Irene Ngozi, Onuoha Maxwell Chijioke

Published in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 31 July 2015 Accepted: 8 August 2015 Published: 8 September 2015

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Abstract

Palm oil is the main vegetable oil produced in Nigeria and Elaeis guineensis's health is crucial in obtaining maximum production of oil. The genus Ganoderma belongs to the family of Ganodermataceae, which causes white rots of hardwoods in many woody plants like E. guineensis by decomposing their lignin with peroxidase and laccase. Introducing endophytic bacteria to the roots of E. guineensis could lead to suppression in the growth of Ganoderma specie. This study investigated microbial natural biocides capable of controlling basal stem rot disease in E. guineensis. Homology modeling of ganodermal manganese dependent peroxidase and laccase was achieved with ModWeb online tool. Secondary metabolites were manually curated and lignin was modeled as guaiacol. Virtual screening was achieved with AutoDockVina® on Linux platform. The result showed that eight (8) compounds had better binding affinities when compared with guaiacol. Catechin and flavanone are lead secondary metabolites with biocontrol potential against G. lucidium and binds to the same site that guaiacol binds on ganodermal manganese dependent peroxidase and laccase while flavanone binds to a different site on laccase. Stem rot disease in E. guineensis could be better controlled with natural biocides in endophytic bacteria such as catechin and flavanone.

Published in	Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.cbb.20150305.12
Page(s)	74-80
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Elaeis Guineensis, Catechin, Flavanone, Lignin, Laccase, Manganese Peroxidase, G. Lucidium, Bio-Control, Natural Biocides

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Ezebuo Fortunatus Chidolue; Lukong Colin Banboye; Okafor Irene Ngozi; Onuoha Maxwell Chijioke. In Silico Investigations on Basal Stem Rot Disease and Biocontrol in Elaeis Guineensis. Comput. Biol. Bioinform. 2015, 3(5), 74-80. doi: 10.11648/j.cbb.20150305.12

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Ezebuo Fortunatus Chidolue, Lukong Colin Banboye, Okafor Irene Ngozi, Onuoha Maxwell Chijioke. In Silico Investigations on Basal Stem Rot Disease and Biocontrol in Elaeis Guineensis. Comput Biol Bioinform. 2015;3(5):74-80. doi: 10.11648/j.cbb.20150305.12

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Ezebuo Fortunatus Chidolue

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Lukong Colin Banboye

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Okafor Irene Ngozi

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Onuoha Maxwell Chijioke

Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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 year = {2015}
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