• A lipopeptide is a molecule consisting of a lipid connected to a peptide. They are able to self-assemble into different structures. Many bacteria produce...
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    Daptomycin (category Lipopeptides)
    Daptomycin, sold under the brand name Cubicin among others, is a lipopeptide antibiotic used in the treatment of systemic and life-threatening infections...
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    Macrophage-activating lipopeptide 2 (MALP-2) is a lipopeptide Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 and 6 agonist. It is used in immunological research to simulate...
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    association with neural tissue. A lipopeptide is a peptide that has a lipid connected to it, and pepducins are lipopeptides that interact with GPCRs. A peptide...
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  • bacteria in the genus Pseudomonas. They are classified as nonribosomal lipopeptides and they have a variety of antimicrobial activities. Keanumycin A is...
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    Brochot J, Von Wronski M, Passantino L, Schneider M (2010). "BR55: A lipopeptide-based VEGFR2-targeted ultrasound contrast agent for molecular imaging...
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    such as lipoteichoic acid and di- and tri-acylated cysteine-containing lipopeptides. It does this by forming dimeric complexes with either TLR 1 or TLR6...
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    understand other people and where they're coming from." In 2023, the lipopeptide keanumycin, a substance deadly to fungi, was named in honour of Reeves...
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    introduced to clinical use in the late 2000s and early 2010s: cyclic lipopeptides (such as daptomycin), glycylcyclines (such as tigecycline), oxazolidinones...
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    Caspofungin (INN; brand name Cancidas) is a lipopeptide antifungal drug from Merck & Co., Inc.. It is a member of a class of antifungals termed the echinocandins...
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