Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Permeation of the cell membrane leading to cell death is a mechanism used by a large
number of membrane-lytic peptides. Some are linear, mostly helical, and others contain one …

Water‐membrane soluble protein and peptide toxins are used in the defense and offense
systems of all organisms, including plants and humans. A major group includes …

Understanding the function of biological macromolecules and their complexes at the
physicochemical level requires knowledge of both their structure and dynamics …

Myriad biological processes proceed through states that defy characterization by
conventional atomic-resolution structural biological methods. The invisibility of these …

Living organisms of all types produce a large repertoire of gene-encoded, net positively
charged, antimicrobial peptides as part of their innate immunity to microbial invasion …

Peptaibols are membrane-active polypeptides isolated from fungal sources. They are
characterized by the presence of an unusual amino acid, α-aminoisobutyric acid, and a C …

Lytic peptides comprise a large group of membrane-active peptides used in the defensive
and offensive systems of all organisms. Differentiating between their modes of interaction …

Lipopeptaibols are members of a novel group of naturally occurring, short peptides with
antimicrobial activity, characterized by a lipophilic acyl chain at the N-terminus, a high …

The activity of PGLa, an antimicrobial peptide isolated from hemocytes of frog skin and its
secretions on living Escherichia coli, was investigated by imaging the cells with atomic force …