Antimicrobial type-II bacteriocins
View Patent ↗Computational systems and methods are described for identifying new type-II bacteriocins using a systemic consensus formula and other related criteria. Newly identified type-II bacteriocin peptides are tested experimentally and show potent microbiocidal activities.
1. A method of treating an infection in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of an isolated peptide, wherein the peptide is not longer than 45 amino acid residues in length and comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the infection is caused by a Gram-negative bacterium, a Gram-positive bacterium or a fungus.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peptide is not longer than 40 amino acid residues in length.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the peptide is not longer than 35 amino acid residues in length.