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Structural and Functional Characterization of a Multifunctional Alanine-Rich Peptide Analogue from Pleuronectes americanus
For melittin, a promiscuous peptide from Apis mellifera [76], it was demonstrated that mutations of arginine and lysine residues changed the total activity, with a major effect on toxicity to mammalian cells, reducing 8-fold the activity of the peptide after modification [77].
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0047047
Structural and Functional Characterization of a Multifunctional Alanine-Rich Peptide Analogue from Pleuronectes americanus
For melittin, a promiscuous peptide from Apis mellifera [76], it was demonstrated that mutations of arginine and lysine residues changed the total activity, with a major effect on toxicity to mammalian cells, reducing 8-fold the activity of the peptide after modification [77].
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0047047
