Disulfide bridges in defensins

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 206-219

  Zhao, Bing Chuan ^a   Lin, Hua Can ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Ye, Xiyang ^b   Li, Zi Gang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chemotactic activity; Defensin; Disulfide bond; Structure function relationship; Truncated peptide; hairpin structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BETA DEFENSIN; BOVINE NEUTROPHIL BETA DEFENSIN 12; CRYPTDIN 4; DEFENSIN; DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 1; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 2; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 3; INSECT DEFENSIN; MATRILYSIN; PLECTASIN; PROTEIN HBD1; PROTEIN HBD2; PROTEIN HBD3; PROTEIN RTD 1; PROTEIN RTD 2; RETROCYCLIN 1; RETROCYCLIN 2; THETA DEFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROPHOBICITY; IC50; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DEFENSINS; DISULFIDES; FUNGI; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VIRUSES;

EID: 84974622234     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026615666150701115911     Document Type: Review

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