Antibacterial Therapeutic Agents Composed of Functional Biological Molecules

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of AMPs mentioned in this review.

Tree	Source	Peptide	Length	Net charge	Hydrophobic residue (%)	3D structure	Reference
Animal	Human	LL-37	37	6	37	Helix	[79]
	Bovine	Bactenecin	12	4	66	Unknown	[80]
		BMAP-27	27	10	40	Helix	[81]
	Chicken	CATH-2	27	9	37	Helix	[82]
	Porcine	PMAP-36	37	13	37	Helix	[83]
		Protegrin	18	7	44	Beta	[84]
	Honeybee	Abaecin	34	4	23	Rich	[85]
	Tsetse	Cecropin	17	8	47	Helix	[86]
Plant	Brassica	BhDef1-2	—	—	—	—	[87]
	Aizoaceae	Novel peptides	—	—	—	—	[88]
	Alfalfa	alfAFP	45	3	33	Bridge	[89]
	Vigna radiata	Vrd2	47	3	29	Combine helix and beta structure	[90]
	Potato	Snakin-1	63	8	31	Helix	[91]
Bacteria	Paenibacillus	Nisin	43	1	34	Nonhelixbeta	[92]
		TriA1	13	2	46	Nonhelixbeta	[93]
	Pediococcus	Pediocin	44	3	34	Combine helix and beta structure	[94]
		LMW	16	1	50	Unknown	[95]
	Pediococcus	Garvicin KS	60	5	60	Unknown	[96]