Bacterial peptides are protein fragments which are either part of a bacterium or produced by a bacteria1.
Different classes of peptides are produced by bacteria. Some examples include, antibiotics, enterotoxins, flagellar proteins, lipoproteins and various enzymes1.
Structural Characteristics
Structural characteristics of some
bacterial peptides are described below-
A)Malaria merozoite surface peptide (MSP-1): It is synthesized as a large precursor on the surface of the bacterium Plasmodium falciparum. Proteolytic cleavage results in the production of a 19 KDa product whose tertiary structure is maintained by disulphide bridges2.
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