PGLa-B2

Entry PGLa-B2
Peptide names PGLa-B2
Suborder Mesobatrachia
Family Pipidae
Genus Xenopus
Species Xenopus borealis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Savanna in northern Tanzania, and central and northern Kenya, above 1500 m elevation. One record for southern Tanzania
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial, antifungal
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 21
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 M. Mechkarska et al. / Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 152 (2010) 467-472. Antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential from skin secretions of the Marsabit clawed frog Xenopus borealis (Pipidae)


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactivePGLa-B221YesGMASKAGSIVGKIAKIALGAL 2550