Effect of repetitive lysine-tryptophan motifs on the bactericidal activity of antimicrobial peptides

Amino Acids

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 645-660

  Gopal, Ramamourthy ^a   Seo, Chang Ho ^b   Song, Peter I ^c   Park, Yoonkyung ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidation; Antimicrobial peptides; Bacterial agglutination; Lysine; Membrane permeabilization; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

LYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; LYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; LYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; LYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LYSINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877287392     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1388-6     Document Type: Article

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