This invention relates to the field of
biomedical technology and discloses a broad-spectrum
antimicrobial peptide and its applications. The invention obtains a broad-spectrum
antimicrobial peptide H by mining non-classical open reading frames (ncORFs) in the human
genome. Experimental
verification shows that the broad-spectrum
antimicrobial peptide H has significant inhibitory effects on both
Gram-positive
bacteria (
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213) and
Gram-negative
bacteria (
Escherichia coli K88). Furthermore, the broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide H can form an α-
helix. The α-
helix structure projection diagram shows that one side is rich in positively charged hydrophilic
amino acid residues, and the other side is rich in hydrophobic
amino acid residues, exhibiting good amphiphilicity. In addition, the broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide H provided by this invention has low hemolytic activity and no
cytotoxicity, ensuring
in vivo safety while achieving highly efficient bactericidal activity. It also features a short synthetic sequence, small molecular weight, and is easy to chemically synthesize.