Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a specific form of arteriosclerosis in which an artery-wall thickens as a result of invasion and accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs) (foam cell) and proliferation of intimal-smooth-muscle cell creating a fibrofatty plaque.
3D Structure of Antimicrobial Peptides 1. Structure annotation The information on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of antimicrobial peptides is annotated in this database from the first version of the APD (Wang & Wang, 2004).It includes methods for structural determination, structural class, structural regions, critical residues, and the type of membrane-mimetic environments.. Structural statistics of antimicrobial peptides A list of antimicrobial peptdes with a defined 3D structure can be obtained by searching the APD database. The statistics of a variety of structures is also provided in this database. Go to the Statistic Interface.
These function, typically in higher organisms, as hormones and signaling molecules. Some organisms produce peptides as antibiotics, such as microcins. Since they are translated, the amino acid residues involved are restricted to those utilized by the ribosome. However, these peptides frequently have posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, hydroxylation, sulfonation, palmitoylation, glycosylation and disulfide formation.