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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 1999, p. 1274-1276, Vol. 43, No. 5
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Improved Derivatives of Bactenecin, a Cyclic Dodecameric Antimicrobial Cationic Peptide

Manhong Wu and Robert E. W. Hancock*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3

Received 8 October 1998/Returned for modification 14 January 1999/Accepted 11 February 1999

Both linear and cyclic derivatives of the cyclic 12-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide bactenecin were designed based on optimization of amphipathicity and charge location. In general, increasing the number of positive charges at the N and C termini and adding an extra tryptophan residue in the loop not only increased the activities against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria but also broadened the antimicrobial spectrum.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 300-6174 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3, Canada. Phone: (604) 822-2682. Fax: (604) 822-6041. E-mail: bob{at}cmdr.ubc.ca.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 1999, p. 1274-1276, Vol. 43, No. 5
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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