IN SILICO ANALYSIS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2 FROM AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS
Marian BUŢU
*, **, Alina BUŢU
*
* National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, 0630031, Splaiul Independentei 296, Bucharest, Romania
** Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 077125, Str. Atomistilor 405, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
Abstract. Antimicrobial peptides have important roles in the innate immune defenses. Here we studied the dynamic and structural properties of antimicrobial peptide 2 from Amaranthus caudatus by molecular dynamics simulation.