摘要
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.
源语言 | 英语 |
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页(从-至) | 301-306 |
页数 | 6 |
期刊 | International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics |
卷 | 17 |
期 | 4 |
DOI | |
出版状态 | 已出版 - 12月 2011 |