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Sergii Afonin

Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Publications -  99
Citations -  3203

Sergii Afonin is an academic researcher from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peptide & Lipid bilayer. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 93 publications receiving 2794 citations. Previous affiliations of Sergii Afonin include University of Jena.

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Orientation and Location of the Cyclotide Kalata B1 in Lipid Bilayers Revealed by Solid-State NMR

TL;DR: The peptide orientation, as determined by NMR, showed that this amphipathic structure matches the polar/apolar interface of the lipid bilayer very well, and a location in the amphiphilic headgroup region of the bilayer was confirmed using solid-state 31P- and 2H-NMR.
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Design and Synthesis of a Monofluoro‐Substituted Aromatic Amino Acid as a Conformationally Restricted 19F NMR ­Label for Membrane‐Bound Peptides

TL;DR: According to circular dichroism analysis and molecular modeling, the 19F-labeled analogues of the known helix-inducing amino acid (1-aminocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid) do not disrupt the peptide conformation when substituted for Phe, neither in a β-turn nor in an α-helix.
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Antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S is accumulated in granules of producer cells for storage of bacterial phosphagens.

TL;DR: A comprehensive view on the biosynthesis of gramicidin S (GS) in Aneurinibacillus migulanus is presented, having observed a peripheral membrane localization of its synthetases.
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Does a methionine-to-norleucine substitution in PGLa influence peptide-membrane interactions?

TL;DR: Overall, these results confirm the functional isosterism of Nle and Met in the helical membrane-active peptides but highlight differences in the ways in which the two residues affect non-specific binding to the lipid bilayer and homomeric peptide-peptide interactions.