Secondary Structural Transformation of Bovine Lactoferricin Affects Its Antibacterial Activity

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第一作者： Pei, Jie

作者： Pei, Jie;Xiong, Lin;Bao, Pengjia;Chu, Min;Yan, Ping;Guo, Xian;Pei, Jie;Xiong, Lin;Bao, Pengjia;Chu, Min;Yan, Ping;Guo, Xian

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关键词： Lactoferricin; Antibacterial activity; E; coli; S; aureus; S; flexneri; S; typhimurium

期刊名称：PROBIOTICS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS （ 影响因子：4.609； 五年影响因子：4.585 ）

ISSN： 1867-1306

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摘要： Lactoferricin (Lfcin) is a potent antibacterial peptide derived from lactoferrin by pepsin hydrolysis. It was hypothesized that structural transformation of Lfcin could affect its antibacterial function through forming and breaking of intramolecular disulfide bond. To prove this hypothesis, bovine Lfcin (bLfcin) and its two derivatives, bLfcin with a disulfide bond (bLfcin DB) and bLfcin with a mutation C36G (bLfcin C36G), were synthesized, purified, and identified. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the peptides were detected in solutions with different ionic and hydrophobic strength. Then, the secondary structure contents of the peptides were calculated on the basis of the CD spectra. The antibacterial activity of the peptides against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028, Shigella flexneri ATCC 12022, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 was evaluated. The results showed that bLfcin and bLfcin C36G had similar percentages of secondary structure in water, while bLfcin and bLfcin DB had similar ratios of secondary structure under less hydrophobic conditions. The synthetic peptides exhibited antibacterial activity against all the tested bacteria, except for S. aureus ATCC 25923. bLfcin demonstrated higher antibacterial activity compared with its derivatives. The results suggested that bLfcin could transform its structure under alterative ionic strengths and hydrophobic conditions, and the transformation of structures was beneficial to enhancing the antibacterial function.

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