AN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE AND AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION

摘要

An antimicrobial peptide containing at least the following amino acid sequence (a), (b), (c) or (d), an antimicrobial agent containing the said antimicrobial peptide as active components at a concentration of at least 5 ppm (weight), an antimicrobial composition the said antimicrobial peptide and a method for processing products which uses the antimicrobial agent containing the said antimicrobial peptide. (see fig. I) LYS-Cys*-Arg-Arg-Trp-Gln-Trp-Arg-Met-Lys-Lys-Leu-Gly-Ala-Pro-Ser- Ile-Thr-Cys*-Val-:(b) (see fig. II) Lys-Cys*-Phe-Gln-Trp-Gln-Arg-Asn-Met-Arg-Lys-Val-Arg-Gly-Pro-Pro- Val-Ser-Cys*-Ile-: (d) (the Cys* appearing herein represents cysteine in which the thiol group has been chemically modified in order to prevent disulfide bond formation).