Impact of C- and N-terminal protection on the stability, metal chelation and antimicrobial properties of calcitermin.

ABSTRACT: The main limitation to the use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as regular drugs, against antibiotic and antifungal resistance, mainly relates to their rapid degradation by proteolytic enzymes. The introduction of suitable structural changes in the peptide chain can make the peptide less susceptible to the action of proteases, thus overcoming this problem. To improve the plasma stability of calcitermin, a metal-chelating AMP present in the human respiratory tract and investigated in the present study, C- and/or N- terminal modifications have been introduced in the native sequence. Evaluation of peptide stability has been performed to determine the half-life times in human plasma of both native calcitermin and its derivatives. However, the protection of the peptide termini can also affect i

SUBMITTER: D'Accolti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature