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Modulation of supramolecular self-assembly of an antimicrobial designer peptide by single amino acid substitution: implications on peptide activity

Hydrophobicity and charge are key properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). We compared the self-assembly performance and its correlation with antimicrobial activity of a designer AMP and analogues with substitution of hydrophobic or cationic residues by alanine. Peptides that formed supramolecul...

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Autores principales: Ye, Zhou, Aparicio, Conrado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: RSC 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31844837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9na00498j
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Sumario:Hydrophobicity and charge are key properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). We compared the self-assembly performance and its correlation with antimicrobial activity of a designer AMP and analogues with substitution of hydrophobic or cationic residues by alanine. Peptides that formed supramolecular self-assemblies under the studied conditions were those that have higher antimicrobial potency.