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Antimicrobial peptide class that forms discrete β-barrel stable pores anchored by transmembrane helices - Nature Communications

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By Seth W. Dickey, Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Aleksander C. Lazarski, D. Peter Tieleman, Ama N. Antwi
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Abstract Bacteriocin peptides are weapons of inter-bacterial warfare and belong to the larger group of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are frequently proposed as alternatives to antibiotics. Many AMPs kill by destroying the target’s cytoplasmic membrane using short-lived membrane perturbations. Contrastingly, protein toxins form large pores by stably assembling in the target membrane.
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