[HTML][HTML] How melittin inserts into cell membrane: conformational changes, inter-peptide cooperation, and disturbance on the membrane

J Hong, X Lu, Z Deng, S Xiao, B Yuan, K Yang - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
… to the membrane insertion behavior of melittin mostly from a computational aspect. Membrane
… were further made to understand the molecular mechanism of melittin interaction with cell …

[HTML][HTML] Organizations of melittin peptides after spontaneous penetration into cell membranes

L Sun, S Wang, F Tian, H Zhu, L Dai - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
… In this work, we use multiscale molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the melittin
We choose six simulations to calculate the energies of LJ and electrostatic interactions. …

Applications and evolution of melittin, the quintessential membrane active peptide

S Guha, RP Ferrie, J Ghimire, CR Ventura, E Wu… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
… action of the C-terminal melittin sequence through electrostatic interactions with the five basic
residues of … In solution, melittin molecules are monomeric and have random coil structure …

Residue-specialized membrane poration kinetics of melittin and its variants: insight from mechanistic landscapes

ZX Deng, JL Li, B Yuan, K Yang - Communications in Theoretical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
… inter-molecular cooperation; the probable reaction pathway and … In this work, the membrane
interaction process of melittin and … , the characteristic behaviors (eg membrane thinning and …

[HTML][HTML] The membrane effects of melittin on gastric and colorectal cancer

C Soliman, S Eastwood, VK Truong, PA Ramsland… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… over extended-time courses (6–24 hours), meaning that immediate cellular interactions
, including antibody therapeutics, peptides and other small molecule therapeutics [2–4]. …

[HTML][HTML] Opposite Regulatory Effects of Immobilized Cations on the Folding Vs. Assembly of Melittin

L Yu, Z Deng, W Zhang, S Liu, F Zhang, J Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… on the molecular recognition of melittin, we further compared the interactions of melittin-WT/-…
the potency of melittin to interact and disrupt the eukaryotic cell membrane, including the …

Mechanism of Leakage in Phosphatidylserine-Containing Membranes by Melittin

R Wang, MY Shi, BB Ma, J Sheng - Molecular Biology, 2022 - Springer
… numbers of melittin molecules interacted with lipid membranes, melittin caused a strong
disturbance to the membranes’ … of interactions between melittin and PS-containing phospholipid …

Graphene oxide as antibacterial sensitizer: Mechanically disturbed cell membrane for enhanced poration efficiency of melittin

S Xiao, X Lu, L Gou, J Li, Y Ma, J Liu, K Yang, B Yuan - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
… The following interactions between membranes and melittin were … the membrane leads to
the embedding of calcein moleculesmelittin could work in a cooperative manner in membrane

Membrane perturbation of fullerene and graphene oxide distinguished by pore-forming peptide melittin

C Zhang, Y Ge, X Lu, Z Chen, J Liu, M Zhang, K Yang… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
… peptide, as a testing molecule we demonstrated that even the … still mechanically perturb a
cell membrane by adsorption and … in membrane is crucial during the membrane interaction

Design of a hybrid peptide derived from Melittin and CXCL14–C17: a molecular dynamics simulation study

S Farajnia, L Rahbarnia, N Khajehnasiri, H Zarredar - Biologia, 2022 - Springer
… 30%) and a positive charge (+ 2 to + 9) which lead to amphipathic conformations in interaction
with cell membranes. The AMPs bind to phospholipids' negatively charged head groups …