| Literature DB >> 16759083 |
Zhigang Liu1, Heather Deshazer, Amanda J Rice, Kang Chen, Chunhui Zhou, Neville R Kallenbach.
Abstract
We report an application of the principle of multivalency to create new antimicrobial agents using the reactive polymaleic anhydride (PMA) chain to link antimicrobial tetrapeptides to afford multivalent variants containing approximately 40 monomer units. Relative to the free peptides, the product shows a 10-fold improvement in IC(50) without provoking more severe hemolysis of red blood cells. Thus, multivalency or polyvalency may offer a route to enhance the activity of antimicrobial peptides.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16759083 DOI: 10.1021/jm0601452
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446