Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for “a Novel Peptide Vmne244 From Lactobacillus Acidophilus Membrane Vesicles: Synthesis And Antibacterial Activity Against Streptococcus Mutans”

MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073848 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on June 15, 2026, for “a Novel Peptide Vmne244 From Lactobacillus Acidophilus Membrane Vesicles: Synthesis And Antibacterial Activity Against Streptococcus Mutans”.

Inventors include Nalini E; and Venkatramanan Mahendrarajan.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Synthetic Antibacterial Peptide VMNE244 Derived from Lactobacillus acidophilus Membrane Vesicles, comprises the amino acid sequence KAVREIIRYMKK (SEQ ID NO: 1), characterized by a molecular weight of approximately 1534.93 Da, a net positive ch...