Trans-kingdom conservation of mechanism between bacterial actifensin and eukaryotic defensins

Abstract Antimicrobial peptides are defense molecules found across all domains of life holding promise for developing therapies against drug-resistant pathogens. Actifensin, from Actinomyces ruminicola DPC7226, exhibits potent activity against gram-positive bacteria and shares structural similaritie...

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Main Authors: Ivan Sugrue, Carolin Ade, Paula M. O’Connor, Jan-Martin Daniel, Paolo Innocenti, Nico Kirsch, Nathaniel I. Martin, Günther Weindl, Colin Hill, Tanja Schneider, R. Paul Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-025-00135-x
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