Spontaneous formation of structurally diverse membrane channel architectures from a single antimicrobial peptide

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) selectively form pores in microbial membranes in process not fully understood. Here the authors use experimentally guided molecular dynamics to study maculatin pore formation, showing how this AMP assembles into transient and structurally diverse oligomeric pores in cel...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yukun Wang, Charles H. Chen, Dan Hu, Martin B. Ulmschneider, Jakob P. Ulmschneider
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
Subjects:
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/322f5d07a3e6460aa7ea543a7dc9effb
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) selectively form pores in microbial membranes in process not fully understood. Here the authors use experimentally guided molecular dynamics to study maculatin pore formation, showing how this AMP assembles into transient and structurally diverse oligomeric pores in cell membranes.