Conformational and functional studies of gomesin analogues by CD, EPR and fluorescence spectroscopies

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-58

  Moraes, Luis G M ^a   Fázio, Marcos A ^a   Vieira, Renata F F ^a   Nakaie, Clovis R ^a   Miranda, M Terêsa M ^b   Schreier, Shirley ^b   Daffre, Sirlei ^b   Miranda, Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Circular dichroism; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Fluorescence; Gomesin; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE 1 OXYL 4 AMINO 4 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMPHOLYTE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DETERGENT; GOMESIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICELLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPIN LABELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

EID: 33845536219     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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