Structural and functional implications of a proline residue in the antimicrobial peptide gaegurin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 665-674

  Suh, J Y ^a   Lee, Y T ^a   Park, C B ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Kim, S C ^a   Choi, B S ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Gaegurin; NMR; Proline kink

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAEGURIN; PEPTIDE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDE; GAEGURIN PROTEIN, RANA RUGOSA; ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; PROLINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTON;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEMOLYSIS; ION CHANNELS; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033485640     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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