Patent ID: 8809279

Claim:
A peptide compound of the following general formula (I): R 1 -(AA) n -X 1 -X 2 -X 3 -Lys-Lys-Gln-Lys-Trp-X 4 -(AA) p -R 2 wherein, X 1 is an asparagine, a glycine, a threonine, an alanine or absent, X 2 is an isoleucine, a leucine, a methionine, a proline, or absent, X 3 is a threonine, an asparagine, a serine or absent, X 4 is a serine, a cysteine, a threonine, an asparagine, a glutamine or absent, AA is any amino acid, and n and p are integers between 0 and 2, R 1 is the primary amine function of the N-terminal amino acid, —NH 2 , wherein one of the two hydrogen atoms may or may not be substituted by an acetyl-type saturated or unsaturated C 1 to C 30 alkyl chain, or by an aromatic group of the benzoyl, tosyl, or benzyloxycarbonyl type, R 2 is the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl function of the C-terminal amino acid, —OH, wherein the hydrogen atom is substituted by a C 1 to C 30 alkyl chain, or an NH 2 , NHY or NYY group, wherein Y is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl chain; said peptide compound of general formula (I) consisting of 5 to 13 amino acid residues.