Esculentin-2CHa

Entry Esculentin-2CHa
Peptide names Esculentin-2CHa
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Ranidae
Genus Lithobates
Species Lithobates chiricahuensis
Ecozone Nearctic
Distribution Higher elevations of central to south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico (USA) south along the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental to western Jalisco, east to mountains in San Luis Potosi and south to Hidalgo, Mexico.
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial, antifungal
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 37
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 J.M. Conlon et al. / Peptides 32 (2011) 664-669. Characterization of antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions from discrete populations of Lithobates chiricahuensis (Ranidae) from central and southern Arizona


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactiveEsculentin-2CHa37NoGFSSIFRGVAKFASKGLGKDLAKLGVDLVACKISKQC15055