Lipopeptide

Lipopeptide

A lipopeptide is a molecule consisting of a lipid connected to a peptide. Bacteria express these molecules. They are bound by TLR 1, and other, Toll-like receptors.

Certain lipopeptides are used as antibiotics. [ [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6911525.html US Patent 6911525 - Lipopeptides as antibacterial agents] ] [ [http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/55/3/283 Daptomycin: a lipopeptide antibiotic for the treatment of serious Gram-positive infections ] , Judith N. Steenbergen*, Jeff Alder, Grace M. Thorne and Francis P. Tally , Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005 55(3):283-288; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh546 ]

Examples

*Surfactin
*Daptomycin

References


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