Bi-layer sheet
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Wehave examined the effectsof three ring-sizeanalogsof the cyclicb-sheet antimicrobial peptidegramicidinS (GS) on the thermotropic phase behavior and permeability of phos-pholipid model membranes and on the growth of the cell wall-less Gram-positive bacteriaAcholeplasma laidlawiiB. These three analogs have ring sizes of 10 (GS10), 12 (GS12) or 14 (GS14) amino acids, respectively.
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been known to induce tumor-specific apoptosis and to share the structural and functional char-acteristics with the proteins of TNF family. Recently, the crystal structure of humanTRAIL showed that TRAIL is a homotrimeric protein whose subunits contain mainly b-sheets. We characterized the structural changes of recombinant human TRAIL induced byacidification and the biological implication of the structural characteristics at acidic pH in the interaction with the lipid bilayer. ...
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