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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1f0f FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1f0f OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1f0f RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1f0f PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | <tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1f0f FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1f0f OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1f0f RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1f0f PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | ||
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== Function == | |||
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CECA_HYACE CECA_HYACE]] Cecropins have lytic and antibacterial activity against several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. | |||
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed == | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == |
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Cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) gig deletion modification in dodecylphosphocholine micellesCecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) gig deletion modification in dodecylphosphocholine micelles
Structural highlights
Function[CECA_HYACE] Cecropins have lytic and antibacterial activity against several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Publication Abstract from PubMedA 20-residue hybrid peptide CA(1-8)-MA(1-12) (CA-MA), incorporating residues 1-8 of cecropin A (CA) and residues 1-12 of magainin 2 (MA), has potent antimicrobial activity without toxicity against human erythrocytes. To investigate the effects of the Gly-Ile-Gly hinge sequence of CA-MA on the antibacterial and antitumor activities, two analogues in which the Gly-Ile-Gly sequence of CA-MA is either deleted (P1) or substituted with Pro (P2) were synthesized. The role of the tryptophan residue at position 2 of CA-MA on its antibiotic activity was also investigated using two analogues, in which the Trp2 residue of CA-MA is replaced with either Ala (P3) or Leu (P4). The tertiary structures of CA-MA, P2, and P4 in DPC micelles, as determined by NMR spectroscopy, have a short amphiphilic helix in the N-terminus and about three turns of alpha-helix in the C-terminus, with the flexible hinge region between them. The P1 analogue has an alpha-helix from Leu4 to Ala14 without any hinge structure. P1 has significantly decreased lytic activities against bacterial and tumor cells and PC/PS vesicles (3:1, w/w), and reduced pore-forming activity on lipid bilayers, while P2 retained effective lytic activities and pore-forming activity. The N-terminal region of P3 has a flexible structure without any specific secondary structure. The P3 modification caused a drastic decrease in the antibiotic activities, whereas P4, with the hydrophobic Leu side chain at position 2, retained its activities. On the basis of the tertiary structures, antibiotic activities, vesicle-disrupting activities, and pore-forming activities, the structure-function relationships can be summarized as follows. The partial insertion of the Trp2 of CA-MA into the membrane, as well as the electrostatic interactions between the positively charged Lys residues at the N-terminus of the CA-MA and the anionic phospholipid headgroups, leads to the primary binding to the cell membrane. Then, the flexibility or bending potential induced by the Gly-Ile-Gly hinge sequence or the Pro residue in the central part of the peptides may allow the alpha-helix in the C-terminus to span the lipid bilayer. These structural features are crucial for the potent antibiotic activities of CA-MA. Role of the hinge region and the tryptophan residue in the synthetic antimicrobial peptides, cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) and its analogues, on their antibiotic activities and structures.,Oh D, Shin SY, Lee S, Kang JH, Kim SD, Ryu PD, Hahm KS, Kim Y Biochemistry. 2000 Oct 3;39(39):11855-64. PMID:11009597[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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