Various nonglycosylated analogs were designed in order to explore the role of glycosylation in formaecin I, an antibacterial glycopeptide of insect origin. The functional behavior of a designed nonglycosylated analog (P 7 ,endo P 8a ,ΔT 11 )formaecin I was found to be similar to that of native glycosylated peptide. Both the peptides showed similar antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains. The designed nonglycosylated analog (P 7 ,endo P 8a ,ΔT 11 )formaecin I has low binding affinity to LPS identical to that of native glycopeptide, formaecin I. Both the peptides have similar killing kinetics and are nontoxic to erythrocytes. Formaecin I and designed nonglycosylated (P 7 ,endo P 8a ,ΔT 11 )formaecin I have no definite conformational features associated with them. The glycosylated residue of threonine in formaecin I and proline residues in designed peptide [(P 7 ,endo P 8a ,ΔT 11 )formaecin I], possibly help in stabilizing the correct conformation that facilitates presentation of the peptide to its receptor. It is evident that a functionally equivalent nonglycosylated analog of native glycosylated antibacterial peptide can be designed by strategically modifying the sequence.
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Kaur, K. J., Pandey, S., & Salunke, D. M. (2007). Design of a functionally equivalent nonglycosylated analog of the glycopeptide antibiotic formaecin I. Protein Science, 16(2), 309–315. https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.062581707
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