Antibacterial Activity of Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides

Table 2

Physicochemical characterization of the putative antimicrobial peptides.

	Mass (Da)	Lys %	Arg %	Cys %	Isoelectric point	Net charge	Total hydrophobic ratio (%)	Protein-binding potential (Boman index)
Molecule 1	8903.716	11.39	6.33	16	8.37	+6	34	2.17 kcal/mol
Molecule 3	4040.889	18.92	8.11	0.00	11.86	+8	43	1.37 kcal/mol
Molecule 7	4073.940	18.92	8.11	0.00	11.46	+7	43	1.45 kcal/mol
Molecule 8	3670.552	14.71	5.88	17.65	9.60	+8	38	1.07 kcal/mol
Molecule 10	3908.564	11.11	5.56	0.00	10.33	+2	47	1.33 kcal/mol