Influence of the arrangement and secondary structure of melittin peptides on the formation and stability of toroidal pores

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1808, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2258-2266

  Irudayam, Sheeba J ^a   Berkowitz, Max L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Melittin; Molecular dynamics simulation; Toroidal pore

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MELITTEN; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 79959997001     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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