Cationic membrane peptides: Atomic-level insight of structure-activity relationships from solid-state NMR

Amino Acids

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 821-833

  Su, Yongchao ^a,b   Li, Shenhui ^c   Hong, Mei ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cationic membrane peptide; Cell penetrating peptides; Guanidinium phosphate complex; Solid state NMR

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CATIONIC MEMBRANE PEPTIDE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINIUM PHOSPHATE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84878375114     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1421-9     Document Type: Review

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