Mechanisms of action for antimicrobial peptides with antibacterial and antibiofilm functions

N Raheem, SK Straus - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The antibiotic crisis has led to a pressing need for alternatives such as antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs). Recent work has shown that these molecules have great potential not only …

Advances of peptides for antibacterial applications

Y Yan, Y Li, Z Zhang, X Wang, Y Niu, S Zhang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, peptide antibacterial products with unique antibacterial
mechanisms have attracted widespread interest. They can effectively reduce the probability …

Accelerated antimicrobial discovery via deep generative models and molecular dynamics simulations

P Das, T Sercu, K Wadhawan, I Padhi… - Nature Biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The de novo design of antimicrobial therapeutics involves the exploration of a vast chemical
repertoire to find compounds with broad-spectrum potency and low toxicity. Here, we report …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: an emerging category of therapeutic agents

M Mahlapuu, J Håkansson, L Ringstad… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides, are short and
generally positively charged peptides found in a wide variety of life forms from …

Insect antimicrobial peptides, a mini review

Q Wu, J Patočka, K Kuča - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are crucial effectors of the innate immune system. They
provide the first line of defense against a variety of pathogens. AMPs display synergistic …

Antimicrobial peptides and proteins: From nature's reservoir to the laboratory and beyond

T Sarkar, M Chetia, S Chatterjee - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance against conventional antimicrobials, resurgence of
multidrug resistant microbes and the slowdown in the development of new classes of …

Intracellular targeting mechanisms by antimicrobial peptides

CF Le, CM Fang, SD Sekaran - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are expressed in various living organisms as first-line host
defenses against potential harmful encounters in their surroundings. AMPs are short …

QSAR modeling: where have you been? Where are you going to?

A Cherkasov, EN Muratov, D Fourches… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Quantitative structure–activity relationship modeling is one of the major computational tools
employed in medicinal chemistry. However, throughout its entire history it has drawn both …

Antimicrobial peptides

AA Bahar, D Ren - Pharmaceuticals, 2013 - mdpi.com
The rapid increase in drug-resistant infections has presented a serious challenge to
antimicrobial therapies. The failure of the most potent antibiotics to kill “superbugs” …

Antimicrobial peptides: interaction with model and biological membranes and synergism with chemical antibiotics

A Hollmann, M Martinez, P Maturana… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising novel antibiotics since they have shown
antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacterial species, including multiresistant …