This chapter includes the identification of a group of peptides known as
antimicrobial peptides. They have an important role in the immune system of all living
organisms. The identification of the main function associated to each peptide was made
by calculating the polar profile of the peptide with the QSAR method called polarity
index, already described in Sect. 3.3. The peptides computationally tested were taken
from two different databases: Antimicrobial Peptides Database (APD2), and Uniprot
Database, which included the set of peptides called selective cationic amphipatic
antibacterial peptides.
Keywords: Antibacterial peptides, Antimicrobial peptides, Antrax, Immune
system, Gram staining, Serial computing, Listeriosis, Living organisms, Matrix ΣQi-1Qi, Selective cationic amphipatic antibacterial peptides.
