Antimicrobial Peptides Surrogates

Shimon Shatzmiller^*, Galina Zats, Inbal Lapidot, Ludmila Buzhansky & Rami Krieger

Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel

Dr. Shimon Shatzmiller, Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.

Keywords: COVID-19; Peptides

Abstract

The Fast Development of a microbial nosocomial pandemic that is in many cases estimated today to cause a dramatic increase in morbidity of people that contracted microbial infections caused mainly by bacteria are part of the innate immune response found among all classes of life. The Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) [1] are also called host defense peptides, of which 2000 different short (5-50 amino acid sequences) polypeptides were isolated and identified. The current situation with antibiotic drugs is quite alarming. Some bacteria have become resistant to all medicinally applied drugs. It includes the Gram-positive bacteria classified as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the Gram-negative group in the Carbapenemresistant Enterobacteriaceae group (CRE).

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