This invention discloses an
antimicrobial 10-
peptide, characterized by the sequence: w-k-r-w-r-r-w-w-r-r(dTrp-dLys-dArg-dTrp-dArg-dArg-dTrp-dTrp-dArg-dArg), where all amino acids are D-type amino acids. The
antimicrobial peptide provided by this invention exhibits good
antimicrobial activity against a variety of
pathogenic bacteria. This antimicrobial
peptide can be synthesized using the Fmoc
solid-phase chemical method, which is easy to synthesize and exhibits good
in vivo antimicrobial activity. This antimicrobial peptide exhibits broad-spectrum killing activity against multidrug-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii,
carbapenem-resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as standard strains of
Acinetobacter baumannii,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Klebsiella pneumoniae,
Escherichia coli,
Enterobacter cloacae, methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, and
Staphylococcus aureus. It has low hemolytic
toxicity, and at low to medium concentrations (2 μg / mL to 32 μg / mL), the
cell survival rate can reach more than 50%. It has no toxic effect
on cells, good stability, strong
operability, and low cost.