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Database-Guided Discovery Of Potent Peptides To Combat Hiv-1 Or Superbugs., Guangshun Wang
Database-Guided Discovery Of Potent Peptides To Combat Hiv-1 Or Superbugs., Guangshun Wang
Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), small host defense proteins, are indispensable for the protection of multicellular organisms such as plants and animals from infection. The number of AMPs discovered per year increased steadily since the 1980s. Over 2,000 natural AMPs from bacteria, protozoa, fungi, plants, and animals have been registered into the antimicrobial peptide database (APD). The majority of these AMPs (>86%) possess 11-50 amino acids with a net charge from 0 to +7 and hydrophobic percentages between 31-70%. This article summarizes peptide discovery on the basis of the APD. The major methods are the linguistic model, database screening, de novo …