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Stephan L Grage¹, Sergii Afonin, Anne S Ulrich

¹Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Membrane-active peptides dynamically change their orientation and oligomeric state within cell membranes. These adaptable interactions are crucial for diverse biological functions, including host defense and membrane fusion.

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Biophysics

Background:

Membrane-active peptides are vital for cellular processes like fusion and host defense.
Peptide interaction with lipid bilayers depends on factors like orientation and oligomerization.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the versatile interaction modes of membrane-active peptides with lipid bilayers.
To understand how environmental factors influence peptide states and biological activity.

Main Methods:

Analysis of peptide-lipid interactions in model membrane systems.
Investigating changes in peptide orientation and oligomerization.
Examining environmental influences such as peptide concentration, temperature, lipid composition, and pH.

Main Results:

Peptides exhibit multiple alignments and oligomeric states, not a single fixed mode.
Antimicrobial peptides transition from surface-parallel to transmembrane states with increasing concentration.
Environmental factors like temperature, lipid composition, and pH induce shifts in peptide states.

Conclusions:

Membrane-active peptides can transition between different states (orientation, oligomerization) in response to environmental changes.
These dynamic transitions are driven by altered peptide-peptide and peptide-lipid interactions.
The ability to change states is fundamental to the biological activities of these peptides in both model and native biomembranes.