Research Article

Antifungal Activities of Peptides Derived from Domain 5 of High-Molecular-Weight Kininogen

Table 1

D5-derived and control peptides investigated.

PeptideSequenceMwpI1Net chargeMean hydrophobicity2

KHN20KHNLGHGHKHERDQGHGHQR2365.59.99+2−4.91
GHG20GHGLGHGHEQQHGLGHGHKF2127.27.210−2.01
GHG21GHGHKFKLDDDLEHQGGHVLD2354.55.63−3−2.32
GGH20GGHVLDHGHKHKHGHGHGKH2169.39.70+2−3.44
HKH20HKHGHGHGKHKNKGKKNGKH2151.510.78+7−5.91
GKH17GKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWK194610.78+7−5.77
GKH17WWWGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKWWW250510.78+7−3.45
GKH17WWWWWGKHKNKGKKNGKHNGWKWWWWW228710.78+7−2.25
LL-37LLGDFFRKSKEKIGKEFKRIVQRIKDFLRNLVPRTES449210.61+6−1.84
Histatin-5DSHAKRHHGYKRKFHEKHHSHRGY303610.28+5−4.67

Mw: molecular weight. 1pI: theoretical isoelectric point calculated by using the Protparam tool available at http://us.expasy.org/tools/protparam.html. 2Mean hydrophobicity calculated using HydroMCalc (combined consensus hydrophobicity scale) available at http://www.bbcm.univ.trieste.it/~tossi/HydroCalc/HydroMCalc.html.