Antimicrobial activity and membrane-active mechanism of tryptophan zipper-like β-hairpin antimicrobial peptides

Antimicrobial potency and selectivity of simplified symmetric-end peptides

(2014) Na Dong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37 augments interferon-β expression and antiviral activity induced by double-stranded RNA in keratinocytes

(2014) T. Takiguchi et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Antimicrobial Properties and Membrane-Active Mechanism of a Potential α-Helical Antimicrobial Derived from Cathelicidin PMAP-36

(2014) Yinfeng Lv et al.   PLoS One

Design of imperfectly amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptides with enhanced cell selectivity

(2013) Xin Zhu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Short Syntheticβ-Sheet Forming Peptide Amphiphiles as Broad Spectrum Antimicrobials with Antibiofilm and Endotoxin Neutralizing Capabilities

(2013) Zhan Yuin Ong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Rational design of cationic antimicrobial peptides by the tandem of leucine-rich repeat

(2013) Q. Q. Ma et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Effect of stereochemistry, chain length and sequence pattern on antimicrobial properties of short synthetic β-sheet forming peptide amphiphiles

(2013) Zhan Yuin Ong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Molecular mechanisms of anticancer action and cell selectivity of short α-helical peptides

(2013) Cuixia Chen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Designed Trpzip-3 β-Hairpin Inhibits Amyloid Formation in Two Different Amyloid Systems

(2013) Gene Hopping et al.   ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Effect of repetitive lysine–tryptophan motifs on the bactericidal activity of antimicrobial peptides

(2012) Ramamourthy Gopal et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Biochemical property and membrane-peptide interactions of de novo antimicrobial peptides designed by helix-forming units

(2012) Qing-Quan Ma et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Bio-Inspired Design and Potential Biomedical Applications of a Novel Class of High-Affinity Peptides

(2012) Sunghyun Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Strand Length-Dependent Antimicrobial Activity and Membrane-Active Mechanism of Arginine- and Valine-Rich β-Hairpin-Like Antimicrobial Peptides

(2012) Na Dong et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Design of hybrid β-hairpin peptides with enhanced cell specificity and potent anti-inflammatory activity

(2012) YiFan Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Antimicrobial Peptide Action on Parasites

(2012) Marc Torrent et al.   CURRENT DRUG TARGETS

Role of lipids in the interaction of antimicrobial peptides with membranes

(2012) Vitor Teixeira et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

Rational Design of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides to Target Gram-negative Pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Utilization of Charge, ‘Specificity Determinants,’ Total Hydrophobicity, Hydrophobe Type and Location as Design Para

(2011) Ziqing Jiang et al.   Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Trp-Trp pairs as β-hairpin stabilisers: Hydrogen-bonded versus non-hydrogen-bonded sites

(2011) Clara M. Santiveri et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Role of different β-turns in β-hairpin conformation and stability studied by optical spectroscopy

(2011) Ling Wu et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Prediction of protein secondary structure from circular dichroism using theoretically derived spectra

(2011) Caroline Louis-Jeune et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Structural determinants of host defense peptides for antimicrobial activity and target cell selectivity

(2010) Daisuke Takahashi et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Synthetic cationic amphiphilic α-helical peptides as antimicrobial agents

(2010) Nikken Wiradharma et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Tryptophan residues: Scarce in proteins but strong stabilizers of β-hairpin peptides

(2010) Clara M. Santiveri et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Serum Stabilities of Short Tryptophan- and Arginine-Rich Antimicrobial Peptide Analogs

(2010) Leonard T. Nguyen et al.   PLoS One

Relationship between Hydrophobic Interactions and Secondary Structure Stability for Trpzip β-Hairpin Peptides†

(2009) Takahiro Takekiyo et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Design of Highly Stabilized β-Hairpin Peptides through Cation−π Interactions of Lysine andN-Methyllysine with an Aromatic Pocket†

(2009) Alexander J. Riemen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Role of Tryptophan−Tryptophan Interactions in Trpzip β-Hairpin Formation, Structure, and Stability

(2009) Ling Wu et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Disulfide Bonds versus Trp⋅⋅⋅Trp Pairs in Irregular β-Hairpins: NMR Structure of Vammin Loop 3-Derived Peptides as a Case Study

(2009) Yasmina Mirassou et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Isolation and molecular cloning of venom peptides from Orancistrocerus drewseni (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae)

(2009) Ji Hyeong Baek et al.   TOXICON

Design and synthesis of cationic antimicrobial peptides with improved activity and selectivity against Vibrio spp.

(2008) Hung-Ta Chou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Very short peptides with stable folds: Building on the interrelationship of Trp/Trp, Trp/cation, and Trp/backbone-amide interaction geometries

(2008) Lisa Eidenschink et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Context-Dependence of the Contribution of Disulfide Bonds to β-Hairpin Stability

(2007) Clara M. Santiveri et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL