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 …

Reprogramming natural proteins using unnatural amino acids

A Adhikari, BR Bhattarai, A Aryal, N Thapa, KC Puja… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Unnatural amino acids have gained significant attention in protein engineering and drug
discovery as they allow the evolution of proteins with enhanced stability and activity. The …

Hydrophobicity determines the bacterial killing rate of α-helical antimicrobial peptides and influences the bacterial resistance development

M Zhang, J Ouyang, L Fu, C Xu, Y Ge… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rapid antimicrobial action is an important advantage of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) over
antibiotics, which is also a reason for AMPs being less likely to induce bacterial resistance …

Chitosan coatings enriched with active shrimp waste for shrimp preservation

MY Arancibia, ME López-Caballero… - Food Control, 2015 - Elsevier
An active coating solution composed of chitosan (Ch) and a shrimp protein-lipid concentrate
(PCc), both obtained from Litopenaeus vannamei processing wastes, was applied to …

Antimicrobial and antioxidant chitosan solutions enriched with active shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) waste materials

MY Arancibia, A Alemán, MM Calvo… - Food …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several shrimp active materials, including protein concentrates, protein hydrolysates and a
carotenoid extract, were recovered from shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) processing …

Variants of self-assembling peptide, KLD-12 that show both rapid fracture healing and antimicrobial properties

JK Tripathi, S Pal, B Awasthi, A Kumar, A Tandon… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract KLD-12 (KLD) is a 12-residue self-assembling peptide that can adopt nano-
structures and is known for its tissue-engineering properties. Our objective was to introduce …

Tandem Repeat of a Short Human Chemerin-Derived Peptide and Its Nontoxic d-Lysine-Containing Enantiomer Display Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial and …

D Pratap Verma, MM Ansari, NK Verma… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To design novel antimicrobial peptides by utilizing the sequence of the human host defense
protein, chemerin, a seven-residue amphipathic stretch located in the amino acid region …

Lessons from a Single Amino Acid Substitution: Anticancer and Antibacterial Properties of Two Phospholipase A2-Derived Peptides

JR Almeida, B Mendes, M Lancellotti… - Current Issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The membrane-active nature of phospholipase A2-derived peptides makes them potential
candidates for antineoplastic and antibacterial therapies. Two short 13-mer C-terminal …

Selective phenylalanine to proline substitution for improved antimicrobial and anticancer activities of peptides designed on phenylalanine heptad repeat

AK Tripathi, T Kumari, A Tandon, M Sayeed, T Afshan… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Introducing cell-selectivity in antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) without compromising the
antimicrobial and anti-endotoxin properties is a crucial step towards the development of new …

Avoiding the Perfect Storm: The Biologic and Clinical Case for Reevaluating the 7-Day Expectation for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia …

R Kullar, JA McKinnell… - Clinical infectious diseases, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The longer methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (MRSAB) persists
uncontrolled, the more pharmacotherapy is hindered. With rapid diagnostics, superior …