ACS Omega · 2026
Sequence evidence
RKWILKWLRTWKK
The antimicrobial peptide RKW (RKWILKWLRTWKK-NH2) was purchased from GenScript Biotech (Leiden, Netherlands) at >95% purity.
Experimental observations
After 48 h of treatment, the peptide's impact on worm survival was evaluated. As shown in Figure 8B,C, RKW did not exhibit any toxicity at the tested concentrations.
As shown in Figure 9, treatment with peptide at both 10 and 50 μM concentrations did not significantly affect egg-laying (Figure 9A–C) or embryonic survival (Figure 9B,C) compared to controls.
The results revealed no significant increase in DNA damage-induced apoptosis following peptide exposure (Figure 10).
Local peptide labels such as P1, PEP1, or peptide 1 are grouped only within this paper and are not assumed to represent the same molecule across publications.
