The present application relates to the field of
biotechnology, in particular to an
antibacterial peptide K4 and application thereof.The
antibacterial peptide K4 has broad-spectrum
antibacterial activity, wherein the MIC of the
antibacterial peptide K4 to multi-
drug resistant
Escherichia coli B2 is 16 μg / mL.Meanwhile, the antibacterial
peptide K4 has good
thermal stability, enzymatic stability and storage stability, can retain 87.1% of the
antibacterial activity after 100 ℃ treatment for 30 min, the
antibacterial activity is still higher than 88.7% after
protease treatment, retains 91.9% of the antibacterial activity after storage at 4 ℃ for 180 d, and has strong tolerance to strong acidic environment.Furthermore, the
hemolysis rate of the antibacterial
peptide K4 is less than 4% at an effective antibacterial concentration, and has no obvious
toxicity to mouse macrophages.In a multi-
drug resistant
Escherichia coli B2 infected mouse model, the antibacterial
peptide K4 at a
dose of 20 mg / kg can increase the
survival rate of mice to 90%, and significantly reduce the bacterial load of organs.