A global deep-sea small protein atlas reveals a reservoir of noncanonical antimicrobial peptides
Qiuyun Jiang, Yingchun Han, Chuxiao Ye, Yiqian Duan, Fang Li, Zhuang Han, Célio Dias Santos Júnior, Zhouqing Luo, Xiyang Dong
The paper constructs a deep-sea small protein atlas, identifies noncanonical antimicrobial peptides, and demonstrates their antimicrobial efficacy and non-lytic mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology