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SUBMITTER: Chetty T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9377004 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chetty Talia T Mhlongo Jessica T JT Waddad Ayman Y AY Albericio Fernando F de la Torre Beatriz G BG
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20220721 8
Hybrid peptides from cecropin A and melittin have attracted the interest of the research community for decades. Here we synthesized several new analogs of the pentadecapeptide CA(1-7)M(2-9) and studied their antibacterial and hemolytic activity and tryptic stability. Single substitution of the Lys residues by Arg did not have a significant impact on the antibacterial activity of these analogs, but the substitution of the five Lys residues by Arg resulted in an increment in hemolytic activity. In ...[more]