| Literature DB >> 24900530 |
Yaogang Hu1, Mohamad Nassir Amin1, Shruti Padhee1, Rongsheng E Wang1, Qiao Qiao1, Ge Bai1, Yaqong Li1, Archana Mathew1, Chuanhai Cao1, Jianfeng Cai1.
Abstract
We report a series of lipidated α-AApeptides that mimic the structure and function of natural antimicrobial lipopeptides. Several short lipidated α-AApeptides show broad-spectrum activity against a range of clinically related Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as fungus. Their antimicrobial activity and selectivity are comparable or even superior to the clinical candidate pexiganan as well as previously reported linear α-AApeptides. The further development of lipidated α-AApeptides will lead to a new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistance.Keywords: antimicrobial peptides; drug resistance; lipidation; peptidomimetics; α-AApeptides
Year: 2012 PMID: 24900530 PMCID: PMC4025737 DOI: 10.1021/ml3001215
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345