Comparison of NMR structures and model-membrane interactions of 15-residue antimicrobial peptides derived from bovine lactoferricin

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-326

  Jing, Weiguo ^a   Svendsen, John S ^b   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Membrane mimetics; Microcalorimetry; Nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDOMIMETICS; INTRACELLULAR TARGETS; MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS;

PROTEINS;

ALANINE; LACTOFERRICIN; PHENYLALANYLLYSYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLARGINYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTRYPTOPHANYLARGINYLMETHIONYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLGLYCYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYLLYSYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLMETHIONYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLGLYCYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYLLYSYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLGLUTAMINYLTRYPTOPHANYLARGINYLMETHIONYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLGLYCYLALANINAMIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIPID VESICLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATTLE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENCE; LACTOFERRIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748437826     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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