5KI0

NMR structure of human antimicrobial peptide KAMP-19

  • Classification: ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN
  • Organism(s): Homo sapiens
  • Mutation(s): No 

  • Deposited: 2016-06-16 Released: 2016-11-23 
  • Deposition Author(s): Wang, G.
  • Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

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Literature

Membrane-Active Epithelial Keratin 6A Fragments (KAMPs) Are Unique Human Antimicrobial Peptides with a Non-alpha beta Structure.

Lee, J.T.Wang, G.Tam, Y.T.Tam, C.

(2016) Front Microbiol 7: 1799-1799

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01799
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    5KI0

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Antibiotic resistance is a pressing global health problem that threatens millions of lives each year. Natural antimicrobial peptides and their synthetic derivatives, including peptoids and peptidomimetics, are promising candidates as novel antibiotics. Recently, the C-terminal glycine-rich fragments of human epithelial keratin 6A were found to have bactericidal and cytoprotective activities. Here, we used an improved 2-dimensional NMR method coupled with a new protocol for structural refinement by low temperature simulated annealing to characterize the solution structure of these kerain-derived antimicrobial peptides (KAMPs). Two specific KAMPs in complex with membrane mimicking sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles displayed amphipathic conformations with only local bends and turns, and a central 10-residue glycine-rich hydrophobic strip that is central to bactericidal activity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of non-αβ structure for human antimicrobial peptides. Direct observation of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed that KAMPs deformed bacterial cell envelopes and induced pore formation. Notably, in competitive binding experiments, KAMPs demonstrated binding affinities to LPS and LTA that did not correlate with their bactericidal activities, suggesting peptide-LPS and peptide-LTA interactions are less important in their mechanisms of action. Moreover, immunoprecipitation of KAMPs-bacterial factor complexes indicated that membrane surface lipoprotein SlyB and intracellular machineries NQR sodium pump and ribosomes are potential molecular targets for the peptides. Results of this study improve our understanding of the bactericidal function of epithelial cytokeratin fragments, and highlight an unexplored class of human antimicrobial peptides, which may serve as non-αβ peptide scaffolds for the design of novel peptide-based antibiotics.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute and Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Antimicrobial peptide KAMP-1919Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P02538 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P02538
PHAROS:  P02538
GTEx:  ENSG00000205420 
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UniProt GroupP02538
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

  • Released Date: 2016-11-23 
  • Deposition Author(s): Wang, G.

Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)United StatesAI105147

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2016-11-23
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2016-12-21
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2017-08-09
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.3: 2017-09-20
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 1.4: 2019-12-11
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 1.5: 2023-06-14
    Changes: Database references, Other
  • Version 1.6: 2024-05-15
    Changes: Data collection, Database references