American Chemical Society, Journal of Proteome Research, 12(11), p. 6213-6222, 2012
DOI: 10.1021/pr300890m
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Nano-HPLC-ESI-OrbiTrap study involving HCD and ETD spectra has been carried out to clarify the composition of skin peptidome of brown Russian frogs R. temporaria. This approach allowed determining 76 individual peptides increasing three-fold the identified portion of peptidome in comparison to that obtained earlier with FTICR MS. A search for the new bradykinin related peptides (BRPs) was carried out by reconstructing mass chromatograms based on the ion current of characteristic b- and y- ions. Several peptides were reported in the secretion of R. temporaria for the first time. The overall antibacterial activity of the skin secretion in general and of one individual peptide (Brevinin 1Tb) were determined using the PMEU Spectrion® (Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit) technology. The inhibitory effects of these peptides on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica Serovar typhimutium equaled in scale to that of many of the antibiotics.