Control of leakage activities of alamethicin analogs by metals: Side chain-dependent adverse gating response to Zn2+ |
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Authors: | Daisuke Noshiro Koji Asami Shiroh Futaki |
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Institution: | Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan |
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Abstract: | Alamethicin (Alm), an antimicrobial peptide rich in α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib), is known to self-assemble to form channels in the membranes. Previously, we reported that HG-Alm, an Alm analog with a single His residue at the N-terminus, forms channel assemblies with extremely long lifetimes in the presence of Zn2+. In this study, HG-Alm analogs, in the sequences of which all Aib residues were substituted by Leu, norvaline (Nva), or norleucine (Nle), were synthesized and their leakage activities were measured using fluorescent dye-loaded liposomes. We found that these peptides could be categorized into two classes with different gating responses to Zn2+. |
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