Entry |
Temporin-1DRa |
Peptide names |
Temporin-1DRa |
Suborder |
Neobatrachia |
Family |
Ranidae |
Genus |
Rana |
Species |
Rana draytonii |
Ecozone |
Nearctic |
Distribution |
Mendocino County (California, USA) south along the Pacific coast of the USA to the vicinity of Arroyo Santo Domingo in northern Baja California (Mexico), 0-2440 m elevation. Northern San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada of California. Now extinct in most of southern California as well as from the southern Sierra Nevada. |
Antimicrobial & other activities |
antibacterial, antifungal |
Tissue |
Skin |
Sequence |
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Length |
14 |
References: |
1. for MIC/HC50 |
E. Urban et al. / International Journal of Antimicrobial agents 29 (2007) 317-321. Activities of four frog skin-derived antimicrobial peptides (temporin-1DRa, temporin-1Va and the melittin-related peptides AR-23 and RV-23) against anaerobic bacteria; J.M. Conlon et al. / Methods 42 (2007) 349-357. Strategies for transformation of naturally-occurring amphibian antimicrobial peptides into therapeutically valuable anti-infective agents |