Repurpose the antimicrobial peptide Buforin II for plasmid transformation into Escherichia coli
Antimicrobial peptides Buforin II, derived from histone H2A, demonstrates strong cell-penetrating activity without cell lysis and strong affinity for internal cellular nucleic acids, making it a potential candidate for macromolecule delivery into bacteria. Herein, we designed a peptide that is the...
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| Language: | English |
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Can Tho University Publisher
2024-03-01
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| Series: | CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development |
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| Online Access: | http://web2010.thanhtoan/index.php/ctujs/article/view/659 |
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| Summary: | Antimicrobial peptides Buforin II, derived from histone H2A, demonstrates strong cell-penetrating activity without cell lysis and strong affinity for internal cellular nucleic acids, making it a potential candidate for macromolecule delivery into bacteria. Herein, we designed a peptide that is the fusion of Buforin II and a polycation tail (KH)6 and assessed its efficiency in delivering plasmid (pGEX-RG-(TAG)5, 7,142 bp) into Escherichia coli OmniMAX. The peptide and plasmid were incubated at 25°C to form the complexes at various peptide concentrations from 5 to 50 µg/mL. After that, the complexes were incubated with the E. coli competent cells at 25°C. In comparison with the transformation efficiency and normalized transformation efficiency of conventional heat-shock method, a 1.28 and 7.83 times higher transformation efficiency, correspondingly, was achieved by using novel peptide-based delivery system at peptide concentration of 5 µg/mL. The cell viability of over 90% was displayed at peptide concentration of 5 µg/mL. This study can lead to the development of a transformation approach under mild conditions and an ideal tool for gene delivery.
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| ISSN: | 2588-1418 2815-6412 |