Enhancement of Antibacterial Activity of Short Tryptophan-rich Antimicrobial Peptide Pac-525 by Replacing Trp with His(chx)

Division of Magnetic Resonance, Korea Basic Science Institute,Chungbuk 363-883, Korea. E-mail: bangjk@kbsi.re.kr Department of Bio-Materials, Graduate School and Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Korea. E-mail: syshin@chosun.ac.kr Molecular Embryology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Korea College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Korea Division of Electron Microscopic Research, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 305-333, Korea Received May 15, 2014, Accepted May 30, 2014