Mode of antibacterial action of a signal peptide, Pep27 from Streptococcus pneumoniae

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 806-810

  Sung, Woo Sang ^a   Park, Yoonkyung ^b   Choi, Cheol Hee ^b   Hahm, Kyung Soo ^b   Lee, Dong Gun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial mechanism; Antibacterial peptide; Pep27; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MELITTIN; METHIONYLARGINYLLYSYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANYLHISTIDYLASPARAGINYLVALYL LEUCYLSERYLSERYLGLYCYLGLUTAMINYLLEUCYLLEUCYLALANYLASPARTYLLYSYLARGINYLPROLY LALANYLARGINYLASPARTYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLLYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNTHESIS; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM AZIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34848914040     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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