化学
抗菌肽
抗菌活性
组合化学
计算生物学
生化工程
生物化学
细菌
遗传学
工程类
生物
作者
Héctor Manuel Pineda-Castañeda,Kevin Andrey Huertas-Ortiz,Aura Lucía Leal-Castro,Yerly Vargas-Casanova,Claudia M. Parra-Giraldo,Javier Eduardo García-Castañeda,Zuly Jenny Rivera-Monroy
标识
DOI:10.1002/cbdv.202000885
摘要
Chimeric peptides containing short sequences derived from bovine Lactoferricin (LfcinB) and Buforin II (BFII) were synthetized using solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) and characterized via reversed-phase liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The chimeras were obtained with high purity, demonstrating their synthetic viability. The chimeras' antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains was evaluated. Our results showed that all the chimeras exhibited greater antibacterial activity against the evaluated strains than the individual sequences, suggesting that chemical binding of short sequences derived from AMPs significantly increased the antibacterial activity. For each strain, the chimera with the best antibacterial activity exerted a bacteriostatic and/or bactericidal effect, which was dependent on the concentration. It was found that: (i) the antibacterial activity of a chimera is mainly influenced by the linked sequences, the palindromic motif RLLRRLLR being the most relevant one; (ii) the inclusion of a spacer between the short sequences did not significantly affect the chimera's synthesis process; however, it enhanced its antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains; on the other hand, (iii) the replacement of Arg with Lys in the LfcinB or BFII sequences improved the chimeras' synthesis process without significantly affecting their antibacterial activity. These results illustrate the great importance of the synthesis of chimeric peptides for the generation of promising antibacterial peptides.
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