2025 Fall
International Convention of PSK

D+7
October 22-24, 2025

Abstracts

P7-12

Prioritizing membrane-active peptaibols against MRSA using a molecular dynamics workflow

  • Dong Hyun Kim1, Jin Woo Lee2, Sang Hee Shim*1
  • 1Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
  • 2College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul 01369, Republic of Korea

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens threaten global health by eroding antibiotic efficacy. We previously isolated 21 new peptaibols from Trichoderma sp. BHM19-1, which are nonribosomal peptides enriched in Aib (α,α-dialkylated), promoting 3₁₀/α-helical conformations that facilitate membrane insertion. To assess their potential against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), we evaluated antibacterial activity and implemented a molecular dynamics (MD) virtual screening workflow. Using the most active 18-residue peptaibol as a representative, unbiased MD showed interfacial adsorption and sustained surface-aligned binding with shallow insertion; complete bilayer translocation lay beyond accessible timescales. Even so, this MD-based workflow provides a practical path to prioritize membrane-active natural products for follow-up experiments. 


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