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Systematic alanine and stapling mutational analysis of antimicrobial peptide Chem-KVL.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters - 15 Jul 2024
Zhen Borui, Geng Chenchen, Yang Yi, Liang Haiyan, Jiang Yunyun, Li Xiang, Ye Guangming
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Chem-KVL is a tandem repeating peptide, with 14 amino acids that was modified based on a short peptide from a fragment of the human host defense protein chemerin. Chem-KVL increases cationicity and hydrophobicity and shows broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. To determine the molecular determinants of Chem-KVL and whether staple-modified Chem-KVL would improve antibacterial activity and protease stability or...
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