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SUBMITTER: Ko SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ko Su Jin SJ Park Eunji E Asandei Alina A Choi Jee-Young JY Lee Seung-Chul SC Seo Chang Ho CH Luchian Tudor T Park Yoonkyung Y
Scientific reports 20200623 1
Antimicrobial peptides have attracted attention as alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Previously, a novel antimicrobial peptide, melectin, consisting of 18 amino acids was isolated from the venom of a bee, Melecta albifrons. Here, we investigated the antibacterial activity of melectin against drug-resistant bacteria. Melectin showed broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity but low cytotoxicity and no hemolytic activity. Melectin maintained its antimicrobial activity at physiological salt con ...[more]