2000
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0282(2000)55:1<4::aid-bip30>3.0.co;2-m
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Amphipathic, α-helical antimicrobial peptides

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“…The positional residue conservation was very poor excepting position 1 (70% Gly) and 8 (50% Lys). However, the positional conservation of residue types, i.e., charged, neutral or hydrophobic, was presented in a relatively defined way (Tossi et al, 2000).…”
Section: Sequencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The positional residue conservation was very poor excepting position 1 (70% Gly) and 8 (50% Lys). However, the positional conservation of residue types, i.e., charged, neutral or hydrophobic, was presented in a relatively defined way (Tossi et al, 2000).…”
Section: Sequencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The global hydrophobicity and the amphipathicity for each synthesized peptide sequence were calculated using a hydrophobicity index (Hi) scale derived from the normalized and filtered consensus of 163 published scales, that arbitrarily ranges between maximum values of +10 for Phe, and -10 for Arg. 8,20 The hydrophobicity is given as the mean value (H ) (ΣHi)/l), where l ) peptide length. The mean hydrophobic moment (µH max ) was calculated as described by Eisenberg et al (1982).…”
Section: B Ps(i)ps(i+4)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A large group of these AMPs acquire an amphipathic R-helical secondary structure in an anisotropic and low dielectric constant environment, such as when they interact with the cytoplasmic membrane. 8 In most cases, their primary or secondary structure has not been related with quantitative parameters expressing their activity against either bacterial or host cells. Even when structural parameters affecting activity have been defined, it is a challenge to maintain or increase antibacterial activity while simultaneously decreasing hemolytic activity, since some optimal combination of specific attributes must be reached.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…En tenant compte de ces proprié-tés minimales requises, nous avons défini les caractéristiques suivantes comme étant essentielles pour nos peptides: (1) une séquence relativement courte (<30acides aminés); (2) une densité de charges positives suffisante pour former un complexe avec l'ADN (qui est une macromolécule polyanionique), mais pas trop forte afin de réduire les possibilités d'activation du système du complément; (3) une séquence confé-rant des propriétés amphipathiques et perméabilisantes; (4) la présence de résidus histidines qui ont la capacité d'améliorer le relargage de l'ADN des endosomes dans le cytosol via un méca-nisme similaire à celui des polyéthylèni-mines [3]. Or, certains peptides antimicrobiens naturellement présents dans le règne animal, y compris chez l'homme, répondent à ces critères [4]. Pour éva-luer leur intérêt en tant que vecteurs de transfert de gènes, nous avons utilisé des peptides antibiotiques modèles, dont un des représentants est LAH4 [5].…”
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