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Protegrins: Structural requirements for inactivating elementary bodies of Chlamydia trachomatis

  • Bushra Yasin
  • , Robert I. Lehrer
  • , Sylvia S.L. Harwig
  • , Elizabeth A. Wagar

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Abstract

We tested 20 protegrins against Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 (L2/434/Bu). Five of the protegrins had native structures; the others included nonamidated, enantiomeric, and truncated variants and peptides with <2 disulfide bonds. Antichlamydial activity resided principally in residues 5 to 15 of native protegrin PG-1, and optimal activity required both intramolecular disulfide bonds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4863-4866
Number of pages4
JournalInfection and Immunity
Volume64
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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