| Entry |
Magainin-M1 |
| Peptide names |
Magainin-M1 |
| Suborder |
Mesobatrachia |
| Family |
Pipidae |
| Genus |
Xenopus |
| Species |
Xenopus muelleri |
| Ecozone |
Afrotropic |
| Distribution |
Relatively arid savanna from Burkina Faso eastward across Sudan-Guinea zone to northeastern Dem. Rep. Congo, then south along the East African coastal belt from extreme southern Kenya through Tanzania into northwestern border areas of Rep. South Africa, Botswana and Caprivi region of Nambiia; isolated record in the Ennedi (northeastern Chad). |
| Antimicrobial & other activities |
antibacterial, antifungal |
| Tissue |
Skin |
| Sequence |
|
| Length |
23 |
| References: |
| 1. for MIC/HC50 |
M. Mechkarska et al. / Peptides 32 (2011) 1502-1508. Peptidomic analysis of skin secretions demonstrates that the allopatric populations of Xenopus muelleri (Pipidae) are not conspecific |