A synthetic peptide derived from NK-lysin with activity against mycobacterium tuberculosis and its structure-function relationship

Gu Hao; Dai Rongji; Qiu Kui; Teng Zhongqiu; Wang Heyao

doi:10.1007/s10989-011-9268-6

A synthetic peptide derived from NK-lysin with activity against mycobacterium tuberculosis and its structure-function relationship

Gu Hao, Dai Rongji, Qiu Kui, Teng Zhongqiu, Wang Heyao^*

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Abstract

As appearance of drug resistant and multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, antibiotics were no longer the only way to inhibit M. tuberculosis. It was shown that the porcine peptide NK-lysin is active against various microbes by interacting with microbial membranes. The NK-lysin-derived peptide has been demonstrated to possess stronger effect. Under this motivation, we synthesized a short peptide (N22) derived from an active fragment of NK-lysin-an important antimycobaterial domain involving the loop and the α-helical structure. Furthermore, we studied its stability and biological activity in vitro. The results showed that it inhibited the growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv and had a low toxicity to human erythrocyte.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-306
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-011-9268-6
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

Active fragments
Antimycobacterial activity
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
NK-lysin

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A synthetic peptide derived from NK-lysin with activity against mycobacterium tuberculosis and its structure-function relationship

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