title: Kenojeinin I, antimicrobial peptide isolated from the skin of the fermented skate, Raja kenojei.
abstract: An antimicrobial peptide was purified from fermented skate skin extract using the solid-phase extraction and separation on HPLC reversed-phase chromatography. Amino acid sequence of the purified peptide (Peak A) having an antimicrobial activity revealed the presence of many cationic residues of the total 28 amino acids. Its molecular mass was found to be 3059 Da. This result was in excellent agreement with the theoretical molecular mass calculated from the amino acid sequence. The synthetic kenojeinin I had inhibitory effects on B. subtilis (MIC, 12 microg/ml), E. coli (28 microg/ml), and S. cerevisiae (12 microg/ml). These results indicate that fermented skate skin is potentially antimicrobial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology and Institute of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, South Korea.
authors.forename: Soung-Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Byung-Doo
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Haejung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Jong-Bang
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Eun
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects; D012860:Skates, Fish; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D010455:Peptides; C502608:kenojeinin I, Raja kenojei