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Magainin II

≥97% (HPLC)

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C114H180N30O29S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
2466.90
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.32

Quality Level

Assay

≥97% (HPLC)

antibiotic activity spectrum

fungi
viruses

Mode of action

cell membrane | interferes

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CC[C@H](C)[C@H](NC(=O)CN)C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1ccccc1)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(C)C)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc2c[nH]cn2)C(=O)N[C@@H](CO)C(=O)N[C@@H](C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc3ccccc3)C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H](C)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc4ccccc4)C(=O)N[C@@H](C(C)C)C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCSC)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(N)=O)C(=O)N[C@@H](CO)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C114H180N30O29S/c1-12-65(7)94(142-88(148)55-119)112(170)124-59-90(150)129-74(38-24-28-45-116)100(158)137-81(51-70-33-19-15-20-34-70)106(164)135-79(49-63(3)4)105(163)138-83(53-72-56-121-62-125-72)107(165)140-85(60-145)110(168)127-67(9)96(154)131-75(39-25-29-46-117)101(159)132-76(40-26-30-47-118)102(160)136-80(50-69-31-17-14-18-32-69)98(156)122-57-89(149)128-73(37-23-27-44-115)99(157)126-68(10)97(155)134-82(52-71-35-21-16-22-36-71)109(167)143-93(64(5)6)111(169)123-58-91(151)130-77(41-42-92(152)153)104(162)144-95(66(8)13-2)113(171)133-78(43-48-174-11)103(161)139-84(54-87(120)147)108(166)141-86(61-146)114(172)173/h14-22,31-36,56,62-68,73-86,93-95,145-146H,12-13,23-30,37-55,57-61,115-119H2,1-11H3,(H2,120,147)(H,121,125)(H,122,156)(H,123,169)(H,124,170)(H,126,157)(H,127,168)(H,128,149)(H,129,150)(H,130,151)(H,131,154)(H,132,159)(H,133,171)(H,134,155)(H,135,164)(H,136,160)(H,137,158)(H,138,163)(H,139,161)(H,140,165)(H,141,166)(H,142,148)(H,143,167)(H,144,162)(H,152,153)(H,172,173)/t65-,66-,67-,68-,73-,74-,75-,76-,77-,78-,79-,80-,81-,82-,83-,84-,85-,86-,93-,94-,95-/m0/s1

InChI key

MGIUUAHJVPPFEV-ABXDCCGRSA-N

Amino Acid Sequence

Gly-Ile-Gly-Lys-Phe-Leu-His-Ser-Ala-Lys-Lys-Phe-Gly-Lys-Ala-Phe-Val-Gly-Glu-Ile-Met-Asn-Ser

General description

Chemical structure: peptide
Magainin II is a member of the antimicrobial peptides family. It is a cationic peptide with Gly-Ile-Gly-Lys-Phe-Leu-His-Ser-Ala-Lys-Lys-Phe-Gly-Lys-Ala-Phe-Val-Gly-Glu-Ile-Met-Asn-Ser amino acid sequence. Magainin II is water soluble and non-hemolytic at its effective and amphiphilic antimicrobial concentrations.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Antibiotic peptide. Magainins are positively charged and amphiphatic. Thought to preferentially bind to anionic phospholipids abundant in bacterial membranes with the formation of dynamic peptide-lipid supramolecular pore and cell permeabilization. Binding to artificial neutral membranes has also been demonstrated.
Magainin II acts as an antibiotic in a variety of organisms. Magainin II exhibits cytotoxic and anti-proliferative effects via pore formation in bladder cancer cells. In mice, it acts as an anti-tumor agent in several cancer cell lines and tumors. Magainin II facilitates lactate dehydrogenase discharge from mammalian cells. It directly interacts with certain cell membranes via amphiphilic α-helix and forms permeable ion channels, which results in depolarization and irreversible cytolysis and finally cell death. At low concentrations, Magainin II retards the growth of bacterial and fungal species and it promotes cytolysis in protozoa.

Other Notes

Lyophilized from 0.1% TFA in H2O

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A Giacometti et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 43(8), 2093-2096 (1999-08-03)
The in vitro activities of magainin II, nisin, and ranalexin alone and in combination with other antimicrobial agents against six clinical isolates of Rhodococcus equi were investigated by MIC and time-kill studies. All isolates were more susceptible to nisin. A
Antimicrobial peptides. A family of wound healers.
M Cannon
Nature, 328(6130), 478-478 (1987-08-06)
A Giacometti et al.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 44(5), 641-645 (1999-12-20)
The in-vitro activity of cecropin P1, indolicidin, magainin II, nisin and ranalexin alone and in combination with nine clinically used antimicrobial agents was investigated against a control strain, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and 40 clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa. Antimicrobial
Khoi Tan Nguyen et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 113(36), 12358-12363 (2009-09-05)
In this paper, we investigated the molecular interactions of magainin 2 with model cell membranes using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). Symmetric 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] (POPG) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) bilayers, which model the
Kim S Clark et al.
Biochemistry, 50(37), 7919-7932 (2011-08-30)
We previously proposed three hypotheses relating the mechanism of antimicrobial and cytolytic peptides in model membranes to the Gibbs free energies of binding and insertion into the membrane [Almeida, P. F., and Pokorny, A. (2009) Biochemistry 48, 8083-8093]. Two sets

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