Many short cationic peptides are amphiphilic and are often termed antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) as they can kill various microorganisms. These AMPs have largely been discovered …

The amounts of antibiotics of anthropogenic origin released and accumulated in the
environment are known to have a negative impact on local communities of microorganisms …

Cyclic β-sheet decapeptides from the tyrocidine group and the homologous gramicidin S
were the first commercially used antibiotics, yet it remains unclear exactly how they kill …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising alternative to classical antibiotics in the fight
against multi-resistant bacteria. They are produced by organisms from all domains of life and …

Abstract Microcin J25 (MccJ25), an antimicrobial peptide, targets the respiratory chain but
the exact mechanism by which it does so remains unclear. Here, we reveal that MccJ25 is …

In this paper, we studied how different hydrophilicity degrees of the polar groups of the lipids
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE) …

The mechanism of action of the anti-Listeria peptide enterocin CRL35 was studied with
biophysical tools by using lipid mixtures that mimicked Gram-positive plasma membranes …

Background Enterocin CRL35 is a class IIa bacteriocin with anti-Listeria activity. Resistance
to these peptides has been associated with either the downregulation of the receptor …

Abstract Properties of microbicide drugs are believed to be associated to their interactions
with biointerfaces such as cell membranes, encouraging research on the identification of …

Molecular interactions between l-cysteine (Cys) and its ester derivatives (Cys x); l-cysteine
ethyl ester (CE), l-cysteine methyl ester (CM) and N-acetyl l-cysteine (NAC) with 1, 2 …