Antimicrobial peptides: an update on classifications and databases

A Bin Hafeez, X Jiang, PJ Bergen, Y Zhu - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Chemically modified and conjugated antimicrobial peptides against superbugs

W Li, F Separovic, NM O'Brien-Simpson… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats to human health that, by 2050,
will lead to more deaths from bacterial infections than cancer. New antimicrobial agents …

Peptide design principles for antimicrobial applications

MDT Torres, S Sothiselvam, TK Lu… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increased incidence of bacterial resistance to available antibiotics represents a major
global health problem and highlights the need for novel anti-infective therapies …

Membrane active antimicrobial peptides: translating mechanistic insights to design

J Li, JJ Koh, S Liu, R Lakshminarayanan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising next generation antibiotics that hold great
potential for combating bacterial resistance. AMPs can be both bacteriostatic and …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-penetrating peptides: 20 years later, where do we stand?

C Bechara, S Sagan - FEBS letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Twenty years ago, the discovery of peptides able to cross cellular membranes launched a
novel field in molecular delivery based on these non-invasive vectors, most commonly …

Membrane active peptides and their biophysical characterization

FG Avci, B Sariyar Akbulut, E Ozkirimli - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last 20 years, an increasing number of studies have been reported on membrane
active peptides. These peptides exert their biological activity by interacting with the cell …

[HTML][HTML] High-quality 3D structures shine light on antibacterial, anti-biofilm and antiviral activities of human cathelicidin LL-37 and its fragments

G Wang, B Mishra, RF Epand, RM Epand - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2014 - Elsevier
Host defense antimicrobial peptides are key components of human innate immunity that
plays an indispensible role in human health. While there are multiple copies of cathelicidin …

Antimicrobial peptide cWFW kills by combining lipid phase separation with autolysis

K Scheinpflug, M Wenzel, O Krylova, JE Bandow… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The synthetic cyclic hexapeptide cWFW (cyclo (RRRWFW)) has a rapid bactericidal activity
against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Its detailed mode of action has …

Selectivity and mechanism of fengycin, an antimicrobial lipopeptide, from molecular dynamics

S Sur, TD Romo, A Grossfield - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Fengycin is a cyclic lipopeptide used as an agricultural fungicide. It is synthesized by
Bacillus subtilis as an immune response against fungal infection and functions by damaging …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide: lipid ratio and membrane surface charge determine the mechanism of action of the antimicrobial peptide BP100. Conformational and functional …

MC Manzini, KR Perez, KA Riske, JC Bozelli Jr… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
The cecropin-melittin hybrid antimicrobial peptide BP100 (H-KKLFKKILKYL-NH2) is
selective for Gram-negative bacteria, negatively charged membranes, and weakly hemolytic …