title: Peptide antibiotics in action: investigation of polypeptide chains in insoluble environments by rotational-echo double resonance.
abstract: Rotational-echo double resonance (REDOR) is a solid-state NMR technique that has the capability of providing intra- and intermolecular distance and orientational restraints in non-crystallizable, poorly soluble heterogeneous molecular systems such as cell membranes and cell walls. In this review, we will present two applications of REDOR: the investigation of a magainin-related antimicrobial peptide in lipid bilayers and the study of a vancomycin-like glycopeptide in the cell walls of Staphylococcus aureus.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Structural Chemistry, Chemical Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, H-1025 Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Orsolya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Toke
authors.forename: Lynette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cegelski
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010455:Peptides