Peptide name : Bombinins BLP-7/H-BO

Source/Organism : Oriental fire-bellied toad

Linear/Cyclic : Not found

Chirality : Not found

Peptide length: 141

C-terminal modification: Not found

N-terminal modification : Amidation

Non-natural peptide information: None

Assay type : In vitro antitumor assay

Assay time : 24h

Activity : IC50 : 0.99 μM

Cell line : SK-HEP-1

Cancer type : Human hepatoma

Other activity : Anti-microbial activity; Anti-bacterial activity

Amino acid composition bar chart :

Molecular mass : 15453.4935 Dalton

Aliphatic index : 0.969

Instability index : 38.166

Hydrophobicity (GRAVY) : -0.319

Isoelectric point : 6.3251

Charge (pH 7) : -1.2005

Aromaticity : 0.049

Molar extinction coefficient (cysteine, cystine): (2980, 2980)

Hydrophobic/hydrophilic ratio : 1.01428571

hydrophobic moment : -0.342

Missing amino acid : C,W

Most occurring amino acid : L

Most occurring amino acid frequency : 18

Least occurring amino acid : Y

Least occurring amino acid frequency : 2

Secondary structure fraction (Helix, Turn, Sheet): (0.4, 0.2, 0.3)

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1 : Zhou C, et al. Discovery of two bombinin peptides with antimicrobial and anticancer activities from the skin secretion of Oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2018; 91:50-61. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.13055

2 : Sidelev S, et al. Distribution of microcystin-producing genes in Microcystis colonies from some Russian freshwaters: Is there any correlation with morphospecies and colony size?. Toxicon. 2020; 184:136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.06.005

3 : Ke T, et al. A novel PCR-based method for high throughput prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide genes. BMC Biotechnol. 2012; 12:10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-10

Paper title : Discovery of two bombinin peptides with antimicrobial and anticancer activities from the skin secretion of Oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis.

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1111/cbdd.13055

Abstract : Amphibian skin secretions are known to contain numerous peptides with a large array of biological activities. Bombinins are a group of amphibian-derived peptides with broad spectrum antimicrobial activities that have been only identified from the ancient toad species, Bombina. In this study, we described the identification and characterization of a novel bombinin precursor which encoded a bombinin-like peptide (BLP-7) and a novel bombinin H-type peptide (named as Bombinin H-BO) from the skin secretion of Oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis. The primary structures of both mature peptides were determined by combinations of molecular cloning of peptide precursor-encoding cDNAs and mass spectrometry techniques. Secondary structure prediction revealed that both peptides had cationic amphipathic α-helical structural features. The synthetic replicate of BLP-7 displayed more potent antimicrobial activity than Bombinin H-BO against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeast. Also, in vitro antitumour assay showed that both peptides possessed obvious antiproliferative activity on three human hepatoma cells (Hep G2/SK-HEP-1/Huh7) at the non-toxic doses. These results indicate the peptide family of bombinins could be a potential source of drug candidates for anti-infection and anticancer therapy.

Paper title : Distribution of microcystin-producing genes in Microcystis colonies from some Russian freshwaters: Is there any correlation with morphospecies and colony size?

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.06.005

Abstract : The first data on the distribution of microcystin genes among natural populations of different species of Microcystis from Russian reservoirs were obtained. It was statistically established that the occurrence of mcy gene-containing colonies of M. aeruginosa, M. viridis, and M. novacekii was significantly higher than that of M. wesenbergii and M. flos-aquae. It has been shown that M. wesenbergii from the water bodies in Russia and Eurasia is not capable of producing microcystins. These results are discussed with respect to various mechanisms that could explain the distribution of microcystin genes among the various Microcystis morphospecies, such as the compensation of microcystin functions by the synthesis of other secondary oligopeptides and the presence of dense mucilaginous envelopes surrounding the colonies of M. wesenbergii. No correlation was found between colony size and the frequency of mcy genes for individual morphospecies M. aeruginosa and M. flos-aquae.

Paper title : A novel PCR-based method for high throughput prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide genes.

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-12-10

Abstract : BACKGROUND: To facilitate the screening of large quantities of new antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), we describe a cost-effective method for high throughput prokaryotic expression of AMPs. EDDIE, an autoproteolytic mutant of the N-terminal autoprotease, Npro, from classical swine fever virus, was selected as a fusion protein partner. The expression system was used for high-level expression of six antimicrobial peptides with different sizes: Bombinin-like peptide 7, Temporin G, hexapeptide, Combi-1, human Histatin 9, and human Histatin 6. These expressed AMPs were purified and evaluated for antimicrobial activity. RESULTS: Two or four primers were used to synthesize each AMP gene in a single step PCR. Each synthetic gene was then cloned into the pET30a/His-EDDIE-GFP vector via an in vivo recombination strategy. Each AMP was then expressed as an Npro fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The expressed fusion proteins existed as inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm and the expression levels of the six AMPs reached up to 40% of the total cell protein content. On in vitro refolding, the fusion AMPs was released from the C-terminal end of the autoprotease by self-cleavage, leaving AMPs with an authentic N terminus. The released fusion partner was easily purified by Ni-NTA chromatography. All recombinant AMPs displayed expected antimicrobial activity against E. coli, Micrococcus luteus and S. cerevisia. CONCLUSIONS: The method described in this report allows the fast synthesis of genes that are optimized for over-expression in E. coli and for the production of sufficiently large amounts of peptides for functional and structural characterization. The Npro partner system, without the need for chemical or enzymatic removal of the fusion tag, is a low-cost, efficient way of producing AMPs for characterization. The cloning method, combined with bioinformatic analyses from genome and EST sequence data, will also be useful for screening new AMPs. Plasmid pET30a/His-EDDIE-GFP also provides green/white colony selection for high-throughput recombinant AMP cloning.