Conformational analysis of the broad-spectrum antibacterial peptide, ranatuerin-2CSa: Identification of a full length helix-turn-helix motif

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1784, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 924-929

  Subasinghage, Anusha P ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b   Hewage, Chandralal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Molecular modelling; NMR; Ranatuerin 2

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANATUERIN 2CSA; SERINE; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; VALINE; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; RANA CASCADAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 43649109015     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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