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Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Drug Discovery

Background:

  • ESKAPE bacteria (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp.) are a major cause of multidrug-resistant infections, leading to over 1.27 million deaths in 2019.
  • Phage peptidoglycan hydrolases (PGHs)-derived antimicrobial peptides are emerging as promising agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
  • Current methods for mining antimicrobial peptides from phages or phage PGHs are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically identify and mine antimicrobial peptides from phages and their PGHs targeting ESKAPE bacteria.
  • To develop a user-friendly tool for predicting phage PGHs-derived antimicrobial peptides and analyzing their properties.
  • To create an accessible database (ESKtides) for browsing, searching, and downloading these antimicrobial peptides.

Main Methods:

  • Genome-wide analysis of 6809 ESKAPE isolate genomes and their corresponding phages from public databases.
  • Unified annotation process to identify PGHs and mine derived peptides.
  • Development of a prediction tool incorporating phylogeny, physicochemical properties, and secondary structure analysis.
  • Creation of the ESKtides database for data management and access.

Main Results:

  • Identification and mining of 12,067,248 peptides with high antibacterial activity from ESKAPE-associated phages.
  • Development of a functional tool for predicting and characterizing phage PGHs-derived antimicrobial peptides.
  • Establishment of the ESKtides database, offering a comprehensive resource for these peptides.

Conclusions:

  • This study provides a substantial library of potential antimicrobial peptides derived from phages targeting ESKAPE bacteria.
  • The developed tool and ESKtides database facilitate the discovery and utilization of novel antibacterial agents against multidrug-resistant pathogens.
  • This work contributes to the fight against antimicrobial resistance by offering new therapeutic strategies.