Outer-membrane permeabilization, LPS transport inhibition: activity, interactions, and structures of thanatin derived antimicrobial peptides

• Main Authors: Swaleeha Jaan Abdullah, Yan, Bernice Tan Siu, Palanivelu, Nithya, Dhanabal, Vidhya Bharathi, Bifani, Juan Pablo, Bhattacharjya, Surajit
• 其他作者: School of Biological Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2024
• 主題: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Antimicrobial peptide; Thanatin
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174876
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Currently, viable antibiotics available to mitigate infections caused by drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are highly limited. Thanatin, a 21-residue-long insect-derived antimicrobial peptide (AMP), is a promising lead molecule for the potential development of novel antibiotics. Thanatin is extr...