Effects of a tryptophanyl substitution on the structure and antimicrobial activity of C-terminally truncated gaegurin 4

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4367-4374

  Won, Hyung Sik ^a   Park, Sang Ho ^a   Hyung, Eun Kim ^a   Hyun, Byongkuk ^a   Kim, Mijin ^a   Byeong, Jae Lee ^a   Lee, Bong Jin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; CD; GGN4 analogues; NMR; Tryptophanyl substitution

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAEGURIN 4; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0036049082     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03139.x     Document Type: Article

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