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The intrinsic antifungal activity of these peptides was primarily governed by their net positive charge and hydrophilicity, with the charge-to-hydropathy ratio emerging as a strong predictor of efficacy. From this panel, two peptides (\u03b3AFP\n                    <jats:sup>B6GXZ8<\/jats:sup>\n                    from\n                    <jats:italic>Penicillium rubens<\/jats:italic>\n                    and \u03b3AFP\n                    <jats:sup>A0A2J5HZT4<\/jats:sup>\n                    from\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus taichungensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) were identified as the leading candidates with potent antifungal activity mediated by the disruption of the plasma membrane. Although their standalone antifungal potency was modest, both peptides exhibited robust synergistic interactions with clinically used antifungal agents in vitro: \u03b3AFP\n                    <jats:sup>B6GXZ8<\/jats:sup>\n                    enhanced terbinafine efficacy against\n                    <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                    , while \u03b3AFP\n                    <jats:sup>A0A2J5HZT4<\/jats:sup>\n                    potentiated fluconazole activity against\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . In a\n                    <jats:italic>Galleria mellonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection model, neither the peptides nor their combinations with conventional antifungal agents caused host toxicity, and effectively prevented\n                    <jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection and prolonged the survival of larvae infected with\n                    <jats:italic>A. fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . These findings confirm that the synergistic effects observed in vitro can be maintained in vivo. Collectively, our findings identify two \u03b3-core-derived peptides as well-tolerated synergistic co-therapeutics that augment antifungal drug efficacy and constitute promising templates for directed optimization.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s12602-025-10890-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,6]],"date-time":"2026-01-06T08:15:24Z","timestamp":1767687324000},"page":"6693-6710","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Screening the \u03b3-core Motif Peptides of Ascomycetous Antifungal Proteins for Antifungal Activity and Potential Therapeutic Applicability"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-4316-6904","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John K","family":"Karemera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7907-8908","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gy\u00f6rgyi","family":"V\u00e1radi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4571-9775","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00e1bor","family":"Bende","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rich\u00e1rd","family":"Merber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-1900-6517","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kinga","family":"D\u00e1n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4450-0667","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Csaba","family":"Papp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0413-8248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Attila","family":"Farkas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3705-0461","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gergely","family":"Mar\u00f3ti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G\u00e1bor K.","family":"T\u00f3th","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6331-3536","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Attila","family":"Borics","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6976-8910","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"L\u00e1szl\u00f3","family":"Galg\u00f3czy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"10890_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e00449","DOI":"10.1128\/mBio.00449-20","volume":"11","author":"MC Fisher","year":"2020","unstructured":"Fisher MC, Gurr SJ, Cuomo CA, Blehert DS, Jin H, Stukenbrock EH, Stajich JE, Kahmann R, Boone C, Denning DW, Gow NAR, Klein BS, Kronstad JW, Sheppard DC, Taylor JW, Wright GD, Heitman J, Casadevall A, Cowen LE (2020) Threats posed by the fungal Kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture. mBio 11:e00449\u2013e00420. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/mBio.00449-20","journal-title":"mBio"},{"key":"10890_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.15698\/mic2020.06","volume":"7","author":"K Kainz","year":"2020","unstructured":"Kainz K, Bauer MA, Madeo F, Carmona-Gutierrez D (2020) Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis. 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