| Entry |
RV-23 |
| Peptide names |
RV-23 Melittin-related peptide RV-23 |
| 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 |
|
| Length |
23 |
| 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 |