Small molecules enhance the potency of natural antimicrobial peptides
Valeria Losasso, Khushbu Agarwal, Morris Waskar, Amitabha Majumdar, Jason N. Crain, Martyn Winn, Michael Hoptroff
The paper shows that certain small molecules, like niacinamide, enhance the activity of antimicrobial peptides against Staphylococcus aureus by altering bacterial membrane properties.
Biophysical Journal · Dec 23, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology