[HTML][HTML] Host defence peptide plectasin targets bacterial cell wall precursor lipid II by a calcium-sensitive supramolecular mechanism

S Jekhmane, MGN Derks, S Maity, CJ Slingerland… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
fungal antibiotic plectasin is a eukaryotic host defence peptide that blocks bacterial cell wall
… to show oligomerization for different lipid II binders including the αβ-defensin copsin 31 and …

[HTML][HTML] A fungal defensin inhibiting bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis with non-hemolysis and serum stability

S Qi, B Gao, S Zhu - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
membrane bacterial targets such as Lipid II, outer membrane … Py4 and Lipid II based on that
of plectasin and Lipid II (Figure 1C,… of plectasin with Lipid II [24] also exists in the Py4-Lipid II

Defensinlipid interactions in membrane targeting: mechanisms of action and opportunities for the development of antimicrobial and anticancer therapeutics

MJA Hein, M Kvansakul, FT Lay… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
… The bacterial cell wall precursor lipid II is another target of … (B) NaD1 kills fungi by a three-step
mechanism involving cell wall … Once such example is a defensin variant Plectasin, also …

[HTML][HTML] In Vitro Pharmacodynamics and Bactericidal Mechanism of Fungal Defensin-Derived Peptides NZX and P2 against Streptococcus agalactiae

Y Wu, N Yang, R Mao, Y Hao, D Teng, J Wang - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lipid II is the site of action of many drugs targeting the cellPlectasin and its derivative
NZ2114 are non-lytic membrane AMP, which could bind to lipid II to block bacterial cell wall

Targeting membrane-bound bacterial cell wall precursors: a tried and true antibiotic strategy in nature and the clinic

NP Buijs, EJ Matheson, SA Cochrane… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
… to lipid II, suggesting this cell wall precursor as the target of … determined that plectasin binds
to lipid I and lipid II with a 1 [thin … defensins, lucifensin and gallicin, also bind to lipid II. Shortly …

A recombinant fungal defensin-like peptide-P2 combats Streptococcus dysgalactiae and biofilms

Q Zhang, N Yang, R Mao, Y Hao, X Ma, D Teng… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
… dysgalactiae cell membrane was first identified in this study. The PI-stained percentages of
S… important targets of P2. Plectasin with a similar sequence to P2 interacts with lipid II at the …

The second N-terminal aromatic residue of the fungal defensin, blapersin, of Blastomyces percursus is essential for its antibacterial activity

J Wu, C Qu, S Zhang, W Chen, S Wang - Peptides, 2020 - Elsevier
… binding of defensins to lipid II, a bacterial cell wall precursor, and … For plectasin, the
pyrophosphate moiety of lipid II is primarily … Target-induced conformational changes have also …

[PDF][PDF] Cell wall homeostasis in lactic acid bacteria: threats and defences

B Martínez, A Rodríguez, S Kulakauskas… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… (LAB), its role as the target for bacteriocins, bacteriophages … The CW precursor lipid II plays
key roles in the physiology of … , vancomycin and the fungal defensin plectasin (M ünch and …

A mutagenesis study of the antibiotic plectasin and the implications on its mode of action against MRSA

M Weijde - 2022 - studenttheses.uu.nl
Plectasin is a cysteine-stabilized αβ defensin and a derivative of … One such target is lipid
II (LII), as it is the major building block for the bacterial cell wall and often referred to as its ‘…

[HTML][HTML] Plectasin: from evolution to truncation, expression, and better druggability

X Li, Y Hao, N Yang, R Mao, D Teng… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
cell membrane-targeting daptomycin and cell wall-targeting … the druggability of the fungal
defensin plectasin; moreover, Ple… the plectasin-Lipid II interaction, signifying a conserved lipid II-…