Table 4.
Estimation of secondary structure content of anti-MRSA peptides. The peptides were dissolved in the different solvents (deionized water and 50 mM SDS), and the predicted secondary structures were analyzed by the CONTINLL program.
| Peptide | Solvents | α-Helix (%) |
β-Strand (%) |
Turn (%) |
Random (%) |
Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | H2O | 4.1 | 44.0 | 19.5 | 32.4 | 100.0 |
| 50 mM SDS | 25.5 | 29.3 | 10.6 | 34.6 | 100.0 | |
| P2 | H2O | 3.4 | 39.8 | 20.5 | 36.3 | 100.0 |
| 50 mM SDS | 3.7 | 48.8 | 20.8 | 26.7 | 100.0 | |
| P3 | H2O | 3.9 | 40.3 | 22.6 | 33.2 | 100.0 |
| 50 mM SDS | 12.4 | 29.0 | 10.6 | 48.0 | 100.0 | |
| P4 | H2O | 3.5 | 42.0 | 20.8 | 33.7 | 100.0 |
| 50 mM SDS | 4.9 | 38.7 | 22.7 | 33.7 | 100.0 | |
| P5 | H2O | 3.1 | 43.1 | 21.2 | 32.6 | 100.0 |
| 50 mM SDS | 2.6 | 40.7 | 19.3 | 37.4 | 100.0 |