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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Chem. 2020 Sep 15;4(11):615–634. doi: 10.1038/s41570-020-0215-y

Table 3. Peptides associated with antibacterial and anticancer activity through membrane disruption.

Peptide Number of residues Associated protein/system Self-assembled structure Refs
FF 2 β-Amyloid polypeptide β-Sheet-containing nanofibres 141
Cyclic D,L-α-peptides 6–8 Synthetic Supramolecular peptide nanotubes 131,132,135
KLD 12 Synthetic β-Sheet-containing nanofibres 118
PTP-7b 13 Synthetic β-Sheet-containing nanofibres 158
(KLAKLAK)2 14 Synthetic α-Helix 159161
MAX 20 Synthetic β-Hairpin hydrogels 112118