Abstract:The antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) PGLa and magainin 2 (MAG2) found in the skin of the African frog Xenopus laevis show a synergistic enhancement of their activity [1]. Both peptides form amphipathic a-helices when binding to a lipid membrane, and their orientation in membranes have been determined with high accuracy using solid state 2 H-, 15 N-, and 19 F-NMR. We have previously shown that PGLa inserts into DMPC/DMPG bilayers in the presence of an equimolar amount of MAG2, but not on its own, even at high conc… Show more
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