Part:BBa_K380002

LMWP cell-penetrating peptide

Low molecular weight protamine (LMWP) is a cell-penetrating peptide that may be used in N- and C-terminal fusions with full-length proteins to create transduction proteins with the ability to permeate the lipid bilayer of various cell types, making it a potential gene or protein delivery vector.

Enzymatically prepared LMWP chemically conjugated to ovalbumin (OVA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) have previously been shown to penetrate the lipid bilayer of human keratinocytes, as well as to successfully permeate mouse skin epidermis ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20232417 Huang et al., 2010]). Furthermore, LMWP/pDNA complexes can efficiently penetrate into human embryonic kidney cells ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12898639 Park et al., 2003]). As LMWP has been shown to be neither toxic nor immunogenic ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11741268 Chang et al. a, 2001]; [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11741269 Chang et al. b, 2001]; [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11741270 Lee et al., 2001]), it may be used as a potential vaccine, drug or gene delivery vector.

This gene also exists as an N-part, Part:BBa_K380003.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]