Microbial- and Plant-Derived Bioactive Peptides and Their Applications against Foodborne Pathogens: Current Status and Future Prospects

Figure 3

The intracellular modes of action of BAPs. The penetration of BAPs into the cell protoplasm, allowing their interactions with intracellular activities, causes the inhibition of cell wall synthesis, DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis, protein folding, and enzyme activity. Another bactericidal mechanism of certain BAPs is to activate autolysin to destruct cell structures.