Mechanism of action and relationship between structure and biological activity of ctx-ha: A new ceratotoxin-like peptide from hypsiboas albopunctatus

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 596-603

  Cespedes, Graziely Ferreira ^a   Lorenzón, Esteban Nicol ^a   Vicente, Eduardo Festo ^a   José, Maria ^a   Giannini, Soares Men ^a   Fontes, Wagner ^b   Castro, Mariana De Souza ^b   Cilli, Eduardo Maff ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Barrel stave mechanism; Ceratotoxin; Circular dichroism; D amino acids; Structure activity relationship.

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CERATOTOXIN LIKE PEPTIDE; CTX(ILE21) HA; CTX(ILE21) HA I9K; CTX(ILE21) HA VD16; CTX(ILE21) HA VD5,16; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL VACUOLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPSIBOAS ALBOPUNCTATUS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861924392     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986612800494011     Document Type: Article

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