Antimicrobial peptides piscidins

Gotten and coworkers have studied two antimicrobial peptides, piscidin 1 3 in two different bilayers (3 1 PC/PG and 1 1 PE/PG) to investigate their structure and dynamics as well as their role in membrane destabilization in bacterial cell membrane mimics and their antimicrobial capacity. They combine oriented sample solid-state NMR by measuring the dipolar couplings and N chemical shifts and MD... 

CAMPAGNA s, SAINT N, MOLLE G, AUMELAS A (2007), Structure and mechanism of action of the antimicrobial peptide piscidin . Biochemistry, 46,1771-8. 

Piscidins are 22-amino acid long peptides with conserved N-termini, which represent a new family of antimicrobial peptides isolated from the mast cells of fish. Piscidin 1, derived from hybrid-striped bass, displays good inhibitory properties and has the amino acid sequence... 

PARK NG, SILPHADUANG U, MOON HS, SEO JK, CORRALES J, NOGA EJ (2011), StrUCtUre-activity relationships of piscidin 4, a piscine antimicrobial peptide . Biochemistry, 50,3288-99. 

SILPHADUANG u, coLORNi A, NOGA EJ. Evidence for widespread distribution of piscidin antimicrobial peptides in teleost fish. Dis Aquat Organ 2006 Oct 27 72(3) 241-52. 

SUN BJ, XIE Hx, SONG Y, NiE p. Gene strnctnre of an antimicrobial peptide from mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi (BasUewsky), snggests that moronecidins and pleurocidins belong in one family the piscidins. J Fish Dis 2007 Jnn 30(6) 335-43. 

CORRALES J, MULERO I, MULERO V, NOGA EJ. Detection of antimicrobial peptides related to piscidin 4 in important aqnacnltnred fish. Dev Comp Immunol 2010 Mar 34(3) 331-43. 

CHEKMENEV EY, VOLLMAR BS, FORSETH KT, MANION MN, JONES SM, WAGNER TJ, et al. Investigating molecular recognition and biological function at interfaces using piscidins, antimicrobial peptides from fish. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006 Sep 1758(9) 1359-72. 

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