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RE: Stopping Post Surgical Infections With Small Pieces of Protein (Peptides)
Glad to antimicrobial peptide research on here as I used to study resistance mechanisms to them. I'm guessing they don't know the exact mechanism of action of WLBU2. It usually involves some lipid II binding, but that wouldn't explain why it kills inactive bacteria. Great post!
It kills all bacteria, inactive or or active. You studied this sort of thing and dont know the MOA for this peptide! For shame! (kidding)
I don't know precisely how this particular peptide works, though as it is highly positively charged, it is plausible that it works purely through direct disruption of membrane integrity.