Patent ID: 8759482

Claim:
A lipoic acid ligase (Lp1A) acceptor peptide, wherein the peptide comprises 8-13 amino acids and a motif P −4 P −3 P −2 P −1 P 0 1 P +1 P +2 P +3 P +4 P +5 set forth as SEQ ID NOs:1151-1154, which includes, a central lysine residue at position 0 (P 0 ), a valine residue at position +1 (P +1 ), a tryptophan residue at position +2 (P +2 ), a glutamic acid or aspartic acid residue at position +4 (P +4 ), a hydrophobic residue or no residue at position +5 (P +5 ), a glutamic acid residue at position −3 (P −3 ), a phenylalanine residue or no residue at position −4 (P −4 ), and any amino acid residue in each of positions +3 (P +3 ), −1 (P −1 ), and −2 (P− 2 ).