Gaegurin 4, a peptide antibiotic of frog skin, forms voltage-dependent channels in planar lipid bilayers

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Kim, H J ^c   Han, S K ^c   Park, J B ^a   Baek, H J ^c   Lee, B J ^c   Ryu, Pan Dong ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Department of Pharmacology   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cation selective channel; Gaegurin 4; Membrane conductance; Peptide antibiotic; Planar lipid bilayer; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

CATION; DISULFIDE; GAEGURIN 4; MAGAININ 2; MW 2467; MW 3748; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATION TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FROG; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 0007938820     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1999.tb01611.x     Document Type: Article

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