A proline-hinge alters the characteristics of the amphipathic α-helical AMPs.

HP (2-20) is a 19-aa, amphipathic, α-helical peptide with antimicrobial properties that was derived from the N-terminus of Helicobacter pylori ribosomal protein L1. We previously showed that increasing the net hydrophobicity of HP (2-20) by substituting Trp for Gln(17) and Asp(19) (Anal 3) increased...

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Main Authors: Jong Kook Lee, Ramamourthy Gopal, Seong-Cheol Park, Hyun Sook Ko, Yangmee Kim, Kyung-Soo Hahm, Yoonkyung Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720801?pdf=render