Table 1.
The most commonly used peptides that exhibit antibacterial activity and can penetrate through the cell membrane
| PEPTIDE | AMINO ACID SEQUENCE | SECONDARY STRUCTURE |
REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penetratin | RQIKIWFQNRRMKWKK | α-helical | [90] |
| Tat | GRKKRRQRRRPPQ | nonstructural, PPII-helical | [91] |
| Pep-1 | KETWWETWWTEWSQPKKKRKV | α-helical | [92] |
| S413-PV | ALWKTLLKKVLKAPKKKRKV | α-helical | [93] |
| Magainin 2 | GIGKFLHSAKKFGKAFVGEIMNS | α-helical | [94] |
| Buforin II | TRSSRAGLQFPVGRVHRLLRK | α-helical | [95] |
| Apidaecins | RP - - - - - PRPPHPR | nonstructural | [96] |
| Transportan (TP10) | GWTLNSAGYLLGKINLKALAALAKKIL | α-helical | [97] |
| MAP | KLALKLALKALKAALKLA | α-helical | [98] |
| sC18 | GLRKRLRKFRNKIKEK | α-helical | [99] |
| LL-37 | LLGDFFRKSKEKIGKEFKRIVQRIKDFLRNLVPRTES | α-helical | [100] |
| Bac-7 | PFPRPGPRPIPRPLPFPRPGPRPIPRP | PPII- and α-helical | [101] |