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Revisiting peptide amphiphilicity for membrane pore formation.
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PMID:  21942823     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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It has previously been shown that an amphipathic de novo designed peptide made of 10 leucines and 4 phenylalanines substituted with crown ethers induces vesicle leakage without selectivity. To gain selectivity against negatively charged DMPG bilayers, one or two leucines of the peptide were substituted by positively charged residues at each position. All peptides induce significant calcein leakage of DMPG vesicles. However, some peptides do not induce significant leakage of zwitterionic DMPC vesicles and are thus only active against bacterial model membranes. The intravesicular leakage is induced by pore formation instead of membrane micellization. Non-selective peptides are mostly helical, while selective peptides mainly adopt an intermolecular β-sheet structure. This study therefore demonstrates that the position of the lysine residues significantly influences the secondary structure and bilayer selectivity of an amphipathic 14-mer peptide, with β-sheet peptides being more selective than helical peptides.
Authors:
Aurélien Lorin; Mathieu Noël; Marie-Eve Provencher; Vanessa Turcotte; Carole Masson; Sébastien Cardinal; Patrick Lagüe; Normand Voyer; Michèle Auger
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-4995     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
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Created Date:  2011-9-27     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0370623     Medline TA:  Biochemistry     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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