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 …

Strategies employed in the design of antimicrobial peptides with enhanced proteolytic stability

Z Lai, X Yuan, H Chen, Y Zhu, N Dong, A Shan - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the alarming developing rate of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, the
development and modification of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are unprecedentedly active …

Rapid phenolic O-glycosylation of small molecules and complex unprotected peptides in aqueous solvent

TJ Wadzinski, A Steinauer, L Hie, G Pelletier… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Glycosylated natural products and synthetic glycopeptides represent a significant and
growing source of biochemical probes and therapeutic agents. However, methods that …

The importance of the glycosylation of antimicrobial peptides: Natural and synthetic approaches

NG Bednarska, BW Wren, SJ Willcocks - Drug Discovery Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is one of the most prevalent post-translational modifications of a protein, with a
defining impact on its structure and function. Many of the proteins involved in the innate or …

Recent progress in the chemical synthesis of class II and S-glycosylated bacteriocins

F Bédard, E Biron - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A wide variety of antimicrobial peptides produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been
identified and studied in the last decades. Known as bacteriocins, these ribosomally …

The glycocins: in a class of their own

GE Norris, ML Patchett - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Glycocins fall into two mechanistic classes: bactericidal and bacteriostatic.•There
are four types of disulfide-bonded glycocins based on aa sequences and PTMs.•Genomic …

Peptide lipidation–a synthetic strategy to afford peptide based therapeutics

R Kowalczyk, PWR Harris, GM Williams… - Peptides and peptide …, 2017 - Springer
Peptide and protein aberrant lipidation patterns are often involved in many diseases
including cancer and neurological disorders. Peptide lipidation is also a promising strategy …

A Potential Peptide From Soy Cheese Produced Using Lactobacillus delbrueckii WS4 for Effective Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and S1 Glycoprotein

R Chourasia, S Padhi, L Chiring Phukon… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by novel SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in an unprecedented
loss of lives and economy around the world. In this study, search for potential inhibitors …

Total chemical synthesis of glycocin F and analogues: S-glycosylation confers improved antimicrobial activity

Z Amso, SW Bisset, SH Yang, PWR Harris… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycocin F (GccF) is a unique diglycosylated bacteriocin peptide that possesses potent and
reversible bacteriostatic activity against a range of Gram-positive bacteria. GccF is a rare …

Clean-label alternatives for food preservation: An emerging trend

K Chauhan, A Rao - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Consumer demand for natural or'clean-label'food ingredients has risen over the past 50
years and continues growing. Consumers have become more aware of their health and …