Alamethicin is an antibiotic peptide belonging to a class of membrane active peptides of fungal origin called peptaibols. It contains an unusual amphiphilic amino acid, 2-aminoisobutyric acid, which strongly induces helical peptide structures and forms voltage-gated ion channels in the lipid bilayers of cell...

Description: Alamethicin is a channel-forming antibiotic peptide isolated from Trichoderma viride with potential antimicrobial activity, inhibits methanogenesis and promotes acetogenesis in bioelectrochemical systems. alpha-Amanitin (BI-9627) is a channel-forming antibiotic peptide isolated from Trichoderma viride....

Alamethicin is a channel-forming ionophore. It activates membrane enzymes by disrupting the membrane barriers of sarcolemmal vesicles, which gives substrates and activators access to enzymatic sites in the interior of the vesicles.