Molecular illustration of gramicidin A showing beta-helix structure (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Molecular illustration of gramicidin A showing beta-helix structure

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Pink color highlights the locations of six amino acids that were altered in the synthesized versions of the gramicidin A molecule. A team from the University of Tokyo Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences has designed and analyzed over 4,000 gramicidin A artificial analogs.

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Image by Hiroaki Itoh, first published in Nature Communications, CC-BY.

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