Identification and Characterization of CC-AMP1-like and CC-AMP2-like Peptides in spp.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds with a variety of bioactive properties. Especially promising are their antibacterial activities, often toward drug-resistant pathogens. Across different AMP sources, AMPs expressed within plants are relatively underexplored with a limited number of plant AMP families identified.

In silico prediction and mass spectrometric characterization of botanical antimicrobial peptides.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising compounds for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and are found across all organisms, including plants. Unlike most antibiotics, AMPs tend to act on more generalized and multiple targets, making development of resistance more difficult. Conventional approaches toward AMP identification include bioactivity-guided fractionation and genome mining.

Too Hot to Handle: Antibacterial Peptides Identified in Ghost Pepper.

spp. (hot peppers) demonstrate a range of interesting bioactive properties spanning anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities. While several species within the genus are known to produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), AMP sequence mining of genomic data indicates this space remains largely unexplored.