• 미생물학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2006

ERM protein 은 23S rRNA의 $A_{2058}$에 dimethylation시킴으로써 $MLS_B$계 항생제의 부착을 저해하여 항생제의 활성을 억제하는 내생인자 단백질이다. ERM 단백질의 하나인 ErmSF의 N-말단부위(N-termimal end region, NTER)에 존재하는 1-25번째 아미노산을 함유하는 펩타이드의 활성에서의 역할을 알아보기 위해 이률 제거한 변이 단백질을 표현하는 유전자를 클로닝하고 대장균에서 수용성 단백질로 12.65 mg/L culture의 수율로 대량생산하였다. 이렇게 대량생산된 단백질의 활성을 in vivo와 in vitro에서 확인하였다. 그 결과 in vitro에서 야생형(wild type)의 단백질에 비해 15%의 활성이 감소한 것을 확인하였고 이는 제거된 펩타이드가 기질과 상호작용하여 효소의 활성에 영향을 미친다는 것을 시사하고 있다. 이렇게 감소된 효소의 활성은 생체 내(in vivo) 활성에도 적용되어 처음에는 변이 단백질을 함유하는 세포가 항생제의 작용에 의하여 성장억제를 받지만 시간의 경과와 함께 내성을 회복하여 밤샘 배양하였을 경우는 야생형 단백질을 함유한 세포와 동일한 내성 즉 항생제에 의한 성장억제지역(inhibition zone)을 전혀 나타내지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.381-390
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• 2018

We have previously derived a novel antimicrobial peptide, LPcin-YK3(YK3), based on lactophoricin and have successfully studied and reported on the relationship between its structure and function. In this study, antimicrobial peptides with improved antimicrobial activity, less cytotoxicity, and shorter length were devised and characterized on the basis of YK3, and named YK5, YK8, and YK11. The peptide design was based on a variety of knowledge, and a total of nine analog peptides consisted of one to three amino acid substitutions and C-terminal deletions. In detail, tryptophan substitution improved the membrane perturbation, lysine substitution increased the net charge, and excessive amphipathicity decreased. The analog peptides were examined for structural characteristics through spectroscopic analytical techniques, and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were used to confirm their activity and safety. We expect that these studies will provide a platform for systematic engineering of new antibiotic peptides and generate libraries of various antibiotic peptides.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.561-566
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• 1999

CA(1-8)-ME(1-12) [CA-ME], composed of cecropin A(1-8) and melittin(1-12), is a synthetic antimicrobial peptide having potent antibacterial and antitumor activities with minimal hemolytic activity. In order to investigate the effects of the flexible hinge sequence, Gly-Ile-Gly, of CA-ME on antibiotic activity, CA-ME and three analogues, CA-ME1, CA-ME2, and CA-ME3, were synthesized. The Gly-Ile-Gly sequence of Ca-ME was deleted in CA-ME1 and replaced with Pro and Gly-Pro-Gly in CA-ME2 and CA-ME3, respectively. CA-ME1 and CA-ME3 showed a significant decrease in antitumor activity and phospholipid vesicle-disrupting ability. However, CA-ME2 showed similar antitumor and vesicle-disrupting activities, as compared with CA-ME. These results suggest that the flexibility or ${\beta}$-turn induced by Gly-Ile-Gly or Pro in the central part of CA-ME may be important in the electrostatic interaction of the N-terminus cationic ${\alpha}$-helical region with the cell membrane surface and the hydrophobic interaction of the C-terminus amphipathic ${\alpha}$-helical region with the hydrophobic acyl chains in the cell membrane. CA-ME3 exhibited lower antitumor and vesicle-disrupting activities than CA-ME and CA-ME2. This result suggests that the excessive ${\beta}$-turn structure caused by the Gly-Pro-Gly sequence in CA-ME3 seems to interrupt ion channel/pore formation in the lipid bilayer. We concluded that the appropriate flexibility or bilayer. We concluded that the appropriate flexibility or ${\beta}$-turn structure provided by the central hinge is responsible for the effective antibiotic activity of the antimicrobial peptides with the helix-hinge-helix structure.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.96-107
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• 2009

Lactophoricin (LPcin-I) is a cationic amphipathic peptide with 23-mer peptide, and corresponds to the carboxy terminal 113-135 region of Component-3 of proteose-peptone. LPcin-I is a good candidate as a peptide antibiotic, because it has an antibacterial activity, but no hemolytic activity. On the other hand, its shorter analog (LPcin-II), which corresponds to the 119-135 region of PP3, has no antibacterial activity. In order to understand the structure-activity relationship under the membrane environments, we succeed to produce large amounts of LPcin-I and LPcin-II peptides. Peptides were over expressed in the form of fusion protein in Escherichia coli, and purified with several chromatography techniques. In this paper, we introduce the optimizing processes of purification and NMR measurement.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2010

Dermcidin is a human antibiotic peptide that is secreted by the sweat glands and has no homology to other known antimicrobial peptides. As an initial step toward understanding dermcidin's mode of action at bacterial membranes, we used homonuclear and heteronuclear NMR to determine the conformation of the peptide in 50% trifluoroethanol solution. We found that dermcidin adopts a flexible amphipathic $\alpha$-helical structure with a helix-hinge-helix motif, which is a common molecular fold among antimicrobial peptides. Spin-down assays of dermcidin and several related peptides revealed that the affinity with which dermcidin binds to bacterial-mimetic membranes is primarily dependent on its amphipathic $\alpha$-helical structure and its length (>30 residues); its negative net charge and acidic pI have little effect on binding. These findings suggest that the mode of action of dermcidin is similar to that of other membrane-targeting antimicrobial peptides, though the details of its antimicrobial action remain to be determined.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2002

Thanatin, a 21-residue peptide, is an inducible insect peptide with a broad range of activity against bacteria and fungi. It has a C-terminal disulfide loop, like the frog skin secretion antimicrobial peptides of the brevinin family. In this study, we tried to find the effect of a number of amino acids between the disulfide bond. Thanatin showed stronger antibacterial activity to Gram negative bacteria than other mutants, except Th1; whereas, the mutant peptides with deletion had higher activity to Gram positive bacteria than thanatin. An increase in the number of amino acid(s) using the alanine residue decreased the antibacterial activity in all of the bacteria. Th1 with deletion of threonine at position 15 ($Thr^{15}$) showed similar antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria, but had higher activity against the Gram positive bacteria. In order to study the structure-function relationship, we measured liposome disruption by the peptides and CD spectra of the peptides. Th1 also showed the highest liposome leaking activity and α-helical propensity in the sodium dodecyl sulfate solution, compared with other peptides. Liposome disruption activity was closely correlated with the anti-Gram positive bacterial activity. All of the peptides showed no hemolytic activity. Th1 was considered to be useful as an antimicrobial peptide with broad spectrum without toxicity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.483-486
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• 2003

3'-[S-Methyl-cysteinyl]-3'-amino-3'-deoxy-N,N- dimethyl adenosine, cystocin, is a biosynthesized antibiotic material newly identified from Streptomyces sp. GCA0001. Its structure was found to be similar to puromycin, where the terminal tyrosine is replaced by a methyl cysteine. NMR data prove that the 3-ammo ribose is connected to dimethylaminopurine through the anomeric carbon at 1'-carbon. The methyl cysteinyl unit is connected to the amino unit of ribose by peptide bond. The verification of the structure was performed by comparing the puromycin nucleosides resulted from the hydrolysis of cystocin and puromycin, respectively. Antibiotic activity of cystocin against Streptococcus was found to be two times more potent than that of puromycin.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.32-32
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• 1999

Cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) and cecropm A(1-8)-melittin(1-12) hybrid peptides were known to have potent antitumor and antibacterial activity. In particular, cecropm A(l-8)-magainin 2(1-12) has powerful antibacterial and antitumor activity with no hemolytic effect.(omitted)

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.448-452
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• 2015

효모의 생육을 억제하는 세균을 배추의 근권 토양에서 분리하였다. API 20NE test와 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열 분석 결과 Pseudomonas fluorescens BB2로 동정되었다. P. fluorescens BB2 균주는 3%의 glucose가 포함된 YM 배지에서 $20^{\circ}C$로 배양하였을 때 효모에 대한 항생물질을 2차 대사산물로서 효과적으로 생산하였다. BB2 균주의 단백질성 항생물질은 ammonium sulfate에 의한 침전과 N-butanol 추출에 의해 농축되었으며, 효모의 생육을 억제하는데 Candida albicans KCTC 7965에 대한 minimal inhibitory concentration은 $10{\mu}g/ml$이었고, $80{\mu}g/ml$ 농도에서는 완전히 억제하였다. N-butanol 추출에 의한 친수성 분획은 Bacillus cereus ATCC 21366의 생육을 억제하였으며, chrome azurol S 평판배지에서 주황색 halo를 생성하므로 철과 결합하는 siderophore를 포함한다. 세포막을 통한 crystal violet의 흡수를 조사한 결과 효모 C. albicans에 대한 소수성 항생물질 $60{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서는 대조군에 비해 막 투과성이 약 9% 증가하였다. P. fluorescens BB2 균주가 생산하는 항생물질은 효모 Candida의 생육을 억제하는 antimicrobial peptide의 일종으로 보이며, 이는 Pseudomonas 속에서는 처음으로 보고되는 것이다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2015

In a previous report, we identified several candidate antimicrobial peptides through de novo RNA sequencing of the centipede Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Here, we identify and characterize one of these peptides, Scolopendrasin I. We identified the centipede antimicrobial peptide Cecropin from the centipede transcriptome using an SVM algorithm, and subsequently analyzed the amino acid sequence for predicted secondary structure using a GOR algorithm. We identified an alpha helical region of Cecropin and named it Scolopendrasin I. We then assessed antimicrobial and hemolytic activity of Scolopendrasin I. Scolopendrasin I showed antimicrobial activity against various microbes, including antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, in a radial diffusion assay. Scolopendrasin I had potent antibacterial activity against acne-associated microbes in a colony count assay and showed no hemolytic activity in a hemolysis assay. In addition, we confirmed that Scolopendrasin I bound to the surface of bacteria via a specific interaction with lipoteichoic acid and lipopolysaccharide, two components of bacterial cell membranes. In conclusion, the results presented here provide evidence that this is an efficient strategy for antimicrobial peptide candidate identification and that Scolopendrasin I has potential for successful antibiotic development.