The Cyclic Cystine Ladder in θ-Defensins Is Important for Structure and Stability, but Not Antibacterial Activity

Structural Characterization of the Cyclic Cystine Ladder Motif of θ-Defensins

(2012) Anne C. Conibear et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Design and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides, R-BP100 and RW-BP100, with activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

(2012) Inês M. Torcato et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Quantification of small cyclic disulfide-rich peptides

(2012) Anne C. Conibear et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Circular Proteins from Plants and Fungi

(2012) Ulf Göransson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phosphatidylethanolamine Binding Is a Conserved Feature of Cyclotide-Membrane Interactions

(2012) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

θ-Defensins: Cyclic Peptides with Endless Potential: FIGURE 1.

(2012) Robert I. Lehrer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Conformational Flexibility Determines Selectivity and Antibacterial, Antiplasmodial, and Anticancer Potency of Cationic α-Helical Peptides

(2012) Louic S. Vermeer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Discovering the Bacterial Circular Proteins: Bacteriocins, Cyanobactins, and Pilins

(2012) Manuel Montalbán-López et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Twin disulfides for orthogonal disulfide pairing and the directed folding of multicyclic peptides

(2012) Chuanliu Wu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Rhesus Macaque Theta Defensins Suppress Inflammatory Cytokines and Enhance Survival in Mouse Models of Bacteremic Sepsis

(2012) Justin B. Schaal et al.   PLoS One

Decoding the Membrane Activity of the Cyclotide Kalata B1

(2011) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Criterion for Amino Acid Composition of Defensins and Antimicrobial Peptides Based on Geometry of Membrane Destabilization

(2011) Nathan W. Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reduction of disulphide bonds unmasks potent antimicrobial activity of human β-defensin 1

(2011) Bjoern O. Schroeder et al.   NATURE

Control of Mature Protein Function by Allosteric Disulfide Bonds

(2010) Iman Azimi et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Fast membrane association is a crucial factor in the peptide pep-1 translocation mechanism: A kinetic study followed by surface plasmon resonance

(2010) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Lysine-scanning Mutagenesis Reveals an Amendable Face of the Cyclotide Kalata B1 for the Optimization of Nematocidal Activity

(2010) Yen-Hua Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cyclotides as templates in drug design

(2009) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Synthetic therapeutic peptides: science and market

(2009) Patrick Vlieghe et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Combined X-ray and NMR Analysis of the Stability of the Cyclotide Cystine Knot Fold That Underpins Its Insecticidal Activity and Potential Use as a Drug Scaffold

(2009) Conan K. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

TALOS+: a hybrid method for predicting protein backbone torsion angles from NMR chemical shifts

(2009) Yang Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR

Interactions of  -,  -, and  -Defensins with Influenza A Virus and Surfactant Protein D

(2009) M. Doss et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Isolation, Synthesis, and Antimicrobial Activities of Naturally Occurring  -Defensin Isoforms from Baboon Leukocytes

(2008) A. E. Garcia et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances

(2008) Irith Wiegand et al.   Nature Protocols