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. 2017 Aug 24;22(9):1403. doi: 10.3390/molecules22091403

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Potential antimicrobial mechanism suggested for depsipeptides. The postulated mechanism for daptomycin (Dap) is adapted from Steenbergen et al., 2005 [24]: step 1: binding to the cytoplasmic membrane; step 2: oligomerization and membrane disorientation, and step 3: release of intracellular ions followed by cell death.