Table 6 Ultrashort palmitoylated Gly-rich CIDAMPs, containing structurally different cationic AA, are bactericidal for S. aureus ATCC 6538.

From: Cationic Intrinsically Disordered Antimicrobial Peptides (CIDAMPs) Represent a New Paradigm of Innate Defense with a Potential for Novel Anti-Infectives

AA-sequence

Name

n

LD100 (µg/mL)

LD90 (µg/mL)

Condition

Pal-GHHGGHGGHGHGH

Pal-GH13

2

300

0.3

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GHHGGHGGHGHGH

Pal-GH13

1

>300

0.3

pH7.0, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRRGGRGGRGRGR

Pal-GR13

1

4.7

0.3

pH5.5, 1% TSB

Pal-GRRGGRGGRGRGR

Pal-GR13

2

0.3

0.075

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRDRDGGRDGGRDGRDGRD

(D)-Pal-GR13

2

75, LD99: 0.59

0.075

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GKKGGKGGKGKGK

Pal-K-GR13

2

>300

0.59

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GOOGGOGGOGOGO

Pal-Orn-GR13

2

18.75

0.15

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRRGGRGGRGR

Pal-GR11

1

75,LD99: 1.18

0.3

pH7.3, 1% TSB

Pal-GRRGGRGGR

Pal-GR9

1

300, LD99: 4.7

1.18

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRDRDGGRDGGRD

(D)-Pal-GR9

1

2.35

0.15

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRRGGR

Pal-GR6

2

37.5, LD99: 4.7

2.35

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRGR

Pal-GR4

2

9.375, LD99: 4.7

2.35

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GRDGRD

Pal-(D)-GR4

1

37.5

18.75

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GKGK

Pal-GK4

2

9.375

4.7

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GKDGKD

Pal-(D)-GK4

1

9.375

4.7

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GOGO

Pal-GO4

1

37. 5

9.38

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GODGOD

Pal-(D)-GO4

1

18.75

9.38

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GlyDabGlyDab

Pal-G-Dab4

2

18.75

4.7

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

Pal-GlyDapGlyDap

Pal-G-Dap4

2

4.7

2.35

pH5.5, 0.25% glucose

  1. LD99: Concentration of peptide, which kills 99.0% of inoculum, determined in the CFU-assay system. Dab: L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid, Dap: L-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid. Data shown are representatives. N: number of experiments.