Pentadactylin

Entry Pentadactylin
Peptide names Pentadactylin
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Leptodactylidae
Genus Leptodactylus
Species Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Ecozone Neotropic
Distribution Amazon Basin from southern Colombia south to Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil to French Guiana; Honduras to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 25
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 J.D. King et al. / Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 141 (2005) 393-397. Pentadactylin: an antimicrobial peptide from the skin secretions of the South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactivePentadactylin25NoGLLDTLKGAAKNVVGSLASKVMEKL>400.0025200