China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (1): 491-497.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.01.045

• Basic Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Identification and Biological Characteristics of Antibacterial Peptide LL-1

ZHOU Lingling1,2, WANG Yuhang1, LI Yifei1, CHAI Yongle1, ZHANG Mingliang1,2, ZHANG Yuanchen3, LIAN Kaiqi1,2   

  1. 1. School of Biotechnology and Food Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang 455000, China;
    2. Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Veterinary Biologics Research and Application, Anyang 455000, China;
    3. Taihang Mountain Forest Pests Observation and Research Station of Henan Province, Linzhou 456550, China
  • Received:2024-04-30 Published:2024-12-30

Abstract: 【Objective】 The aim of this study was to obtain the complete gene sequence of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 and study its biological characteristics and antibacterial effect,in order to lay a foundation for further research and development of antimicrobial peptide drugs. 【Methed】 In this study,an antimicrobial peptide,named LL-1,was discovered through transcriptome sequencing and sequence alignment analysis of Conogethes punctiferalis.The complete gene sequence was obtained by RACE technology,and its corresponding amino acid sequence was derived.After cleavage,the mature peptide sequence was analyzed using multiple sequence alignment and chemically synthesized.Subsequently,the antibacterial effect of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 was evaluated by establishing a model of E.coli infection in chicken meat.Finally,the salt and temperature resistance of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 were analyzed. 【Result】 The results showed that the LL-1 gene had a total length of 474 bp with an ORF length of 192 bp encoding 63 amino acids.Mature antimicrobial peptide LL-1 consisted 39 amino acid residues,and belonged to cecropin family.At the concentration of 50 mg/kg,antimicrobial peptide LL-1 could extremely significantly inhibit E.coli growth in chicken meat (P<0.01).The temperature tolerance analysis showed that the antibacterial effect of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 was not significantly affected by temperature within the range of 4-50 ℃.After being treated at 100 ℃ for 1 h,the antibacterial activity of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 was significantly lower than that of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 treated at 37 ℃ (P<0.05).The salt tolerance analysis showed that the antibacterial effect of antimicrobial peptide LL-1 did not show a significant change after being treated with NaCl solutions of 0-200 mmol/L concentration. 【Conclusion】 Antimicrobial peptide LL-1 had good stability and antibacterial activity,and had the potential to be developed into new drugs.

Key words: antibacterial peptides; chemical synthesis; biological characteristics; antibacterial effect; sequence alignment

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