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Melectin analogues: The influence of dendrimerization on antimicrobial and hemolytic activity
Niederhafner, Petr ; Šafařík, Martin ; Ježek, Jan ; Borovičková, Lenka ; Bednárová, Lucie ; Fučík, Vladimír ; Čeřovský, Václav ; Slaninová, Jiřina
Dimers and tetramers of MEP and MEP derivatives were synthesized on Fmoc-Lys(Fmoc)-Rink amide resin, the tetramer was obtained from the dimer C-terminally extended via Cys-Cys linkage. In general, the dendrimerization of MEP led to an increase of haemolytic activity but did not improve substantially its antimicrobial properties.
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Novel biologically active peptides from the venom of the solitary bee Macropis fulvipes (HYMENOPTERA: MELITTIDAE)
Monincová, Lenka ; Slaninová, Jiřina ; Voburka, Zdeněk ; Hovorka, Oldřich ; Fučík, Vladimír ; Borovičková, Lenka ; Bednárová, Lucie ; Buděšínský, Miloš ; Straka, J. ; Čeřovský, Václav
Two peptides (macropine-1 and macropin-2) were isolated, their structure determined by Edman degradation and mass spectrometry, which exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria and moderate hemolytic activity against rat erythrocytes. We prepared several MAC-1 analogs to study the effect of their structure on antimicrobial and hemolytic activities.
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New peptides with antimicrobial activity isolated from the venom of the bumblebee Bombus pascuorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Ježek, Rudolf ; Janechová, D. ; Cvačka, Josef ; Slaninová, Jiřina ; Voburka, Zdeněk ; Hovorka, Oldřich ; Fučík, Vladimír ; Borovičková, Lenka ; Maloň, Petr ; Čeřovský, Václav
Six new heptadecapeptides were isolated and synthesized by standard Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesistogether with several structural analogues. Antimicrobial activities were correlated with the peptides hydrophobicity, hydrophobic moment, alpha-helicity and HPLC retention time.
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Microsatellite region in the murine oncogene src - its primary structure and variability during evolution
Fučík, Vladimír ; Šindelka, Radek ; Beran, Jaroslav ; Ferjentsik, Zoltán ; Jonák, Jiří
In the fifth intron of the Mus musculus oncogene src a complex microsatellite was discovered that consists of a CA run and 31 bp apart followed by track of TG dinucleotides interrupted by extra Gs in specific intervals. As the 31 bp interlink can assume a hairpin structure, the whole region can be viewed as an imperfect inverted repeat. The microsatellite was sequenced in imbred lines of M. m. musculus and M. m. domesticus, as well as in mice of both subspecies trapped near the hybrid zone. Differences in the length of repeat regions, insertion/deletions and simple base changes characterize the strains. Hybrids between the two species could be identified by sequencing of cloned PCR products. The structure of the microsatellite in more distant species was found to be conspicuously different. Instead of frequent (CA)18-25, we can see only (CA)8 in M. spretus, CATGCGCCCCCCA in Mus pahari and CACCCCCC in Mus caroli. No similar structure is present in the corresponding human src intron.
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