Xingguang Cai, Alice Capecchi, Basak Olcay, Markus Orsi, Sacha Javor, Jean-Louis Reymond
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Abstract
There is an urgent need to develop new antibacterial agents against multidrug resistant bacteria. Herein we report our investigation of antimicrobial peptide dendrimers (AMPDs) active against Gram-negative bacteria, whose sequences were designed using a genetic algorithm optimizing molecular similarity to the previously reported AMPD T7 with sequence (KL)8(KKL)4(KKLL)2KKKL. Our computational approach selected analogues unlikely to emerge from a systematic study, including AMPD X66 with a non-conservative Leu→Glu mutation at the dendrimer core which proved compatible with antibacterial effects. Circular dichroism showed that this AMPD is α-helical. Molecular dynamics suggest that its α-helical structure is stabilized by an intramolecular salt bridge involving the core glutamate side chain and a lysine side chain in the dendrimer branches. More substantial variations at the dendrimer core were also tolerated such as the installation of the dianionic pegylated fatty acid side chain of the drug semaglutide potentially useful for in vivo studies.
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The fledgling State of Israel began to publish its scientific activity in 1951 under the general heading of Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, which quickly split into sections to accommodate various fields in the growing academic community. In 1963, the Bulletin ceased publication and independent journals were born, with Section A becoming the new Israel Journal of Chemistry.
The Israel Journal of Chemistry is the official journal of the Israel Chemical Society. Effective from Volume 50 (2010) it is published by Wiley-VCH.
The Israel Journal of Chemistry is an international and peer-reviewed publication forum for Special Issues on timely research topics in all fields of chemistry: from biochemistry through organic and inorganic chemistry to polymer, physical and theoretical chemistry, including all interdisciplinary topics. Each topical issue is edited by one or several Guest Editors and primarily contains invited Review articles. Communications and Full Papers may be published occasionally, if they fit with the quality standards of the journal. The publication language is English and the journal is published twelve times a year.