Copsin, a novel peptide-based fungal antibiotic interfering with the peptidoglycan synthesis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 34953-34964

  Essig, Andreas ^a   Hofmann, Daniela ^a   Münch, Daniela ^b   Gayathri, Savitha ^a   Künzler, Markus ^a   Kallio, Pauli T ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^b   Wider, Gerhard ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^b,c   Aebi, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FUNGI; LISTERIA; MOLECULES; PATHOGENS; PEPTIDES; POLYPEPTIDES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CELL WALL BIOSYNTHESIS; DISULFIDE CONNECTIVITIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN PRECURSORS; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

COPSIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FUNGI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PICHIA PASTORIS; POSIBACTERIA;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEFENSINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84918584330     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.599878     Document Type: Article

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