Solvent-dependent structure of two tryptophan-rich antimicrobial peptides and their analogs studied by FTIR and CD spectroscopy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1758, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1596-1608

  Andrushchenko, Valery V ^a   Vogel, Hans J ^a   Prenner, Elmar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; CD spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy; Indolicidin; Tritrpticin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALCOHOL; ARGININE; DODECYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; INDOLICIDIN; LYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; SOLVENT; TRITRPTICIN; TRITRPTICIN DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALYLARGINYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLARGINYLARGININAMIDE; VALYLARGINYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLPROLYL PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLARGINYLARGININAMIDE; VALYLARGINYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLTYROSYLTYROSYLTYROSYLPROLYL PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLARGINYLARGININAMIDE; VALYLLYSYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLTRYPTOPHYLPROLYL PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLLYSYLLYSINAMIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BUFFERS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHANOL; MICELLES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 33749076672     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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