Peptide antimicrobials: cell wall as a bacterial target

Detection and Classification of Related Lipopolysaccharides via a Small Array of Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides

(2012) Joshua R. Uzarski et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Lipodepsipeptide Empedopeptin Inhibits Cell Wall Biosynthesis through Ca2+-dependent Complex Formation with Peptidoglycan Precursors

(2012) Anna Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interaction of Type A Lantibiotics with Undecaprenol-Bound Cell Envelope Precursors

(2012) Anna Müller et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

In VitroCross-Resistance to Daptomycin and Host Defense Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

(2011) Nagendra N. Mishra et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Efficacy of NZ2114, a Novel Plectasin-Derived Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Antibiotic, in Experimental Endocarditis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Yan Q. Xiong et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Cyclic antimicrobial R-, W-rich peptides: the role of peptide structure and E. coli outer and inner membranes in activity and the mode of action

(2011) Christof Junkes et al.   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Haloduracin α Binds the Peptidoglycan Precursor Lipid II with 2:1 Stoichiometry

(2011) Trent J. Oman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation

(2011) Miriam Wilmes et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Functional interaction of human neutrophil peptide-1 with the cell wall precursor lipid II

(2010) Erik de Leeuw et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Human  -Defensin 3 Inhibits Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Staphylococci

(2010) V. Sass et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Insight into Invertebrate Defensin Mechanism of Action

(2010) Paulina Schmitt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure, Interactions, and Antibacterial Activities of MSI-594 Derived Mutant Peptide MSI-594F5A in Lipopolysaccharide Micelles: Role of the Helical Hairpin Conformation in Outer-Membrane Permeabilization

(2010) Prerna N Domadia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Plectasin, a Fungal Defensin, Targets the Bacterial Cell Wall Precursor Lipid II

(2010) T. Schneider et al.   SCIENCE

Insights into the Mode of Action of the Two-Peptide Lantibiotic Haloduracin

(2009) Trent J. Oman et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Influence of Ca2+ Ions on the Activity of Lantibiotics Containing a Mersacidin-Like Lipid II Binding Motif

(2009) T. Bottiger et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Specific Interactions of Clausin, a New Lantibiotic, with Lipid Precursors of the Bacterial Cell Wall

(2009) Ahmed Bouhss et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

An oldie but a goodie – cell wall biosynthesis as antibiotic target pathway

(2009) Tanja Schneider et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibition of cathelicidin activity by bacterial exopolysaccharides

(2009) Michela Foschiatti et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A crystal structure of a dimer of the antibiotic ramoplanin illustrates membrane positioning and a potential Lipid II docking interface

(2009) J. B. Hamburger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Selective reciprocity in antimicrobial activity versus cytotoxicity of hBD-2 and crotamine

(2009) N. Y. Yount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specific Interaction of the Unmodified Bacteriocin Lactococcin 972 with the Cell Wall Precursor Lipid II

(2008) B. Martinez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lipid-specific binding of the calcium-dependent antibiotic daptomycin leads to changes in lipid polymorphism of model membranes

(2008) David Jung et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Mode of action of human β-defensin 3 against Staphylococcus aureus and transcriptional analysis of responses to defensin challenge

(2008) Vera Sass et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lipid II: A central component in bacterial cell wall synthesis and a target for antibiotics

(2008) Ben de Kruijff et al.   PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS