| Entry |
Caerin 1.6 |
| Peptide names |
Caerin 1.6 Caerin-1.16 |
| Suborder |
Neobatrachia |
| Family |
Hylidae |
| Genus |
Litoria |
| Species |
Litoria splendida |
| Ecozone |
Australasia |
| Distribution |
Kimberley Divison of Western Australia (south to Kimbolton, Napier Downs, and Purnululu National Park) and adjacent Northern Territory (Keep River National Park), Australia |
| Antimicrobial & other activities |
antibacterial, anticancer, nNOS inhibitor |
| Tissue |
Skin |
| Sequence |
|
| Length |
25 |
| References: |
| 1. for MIC/HC50 |
P.A. Wabnitz et al. / European Journal of Biochemistry 267 (2000) 269-275. Differences in the skin peptides of the male and female Australian tree frog Litoria splendida. The discovery of the aquatic male sex pheromone splendipherin, together with phe8 caerulein and a new antibiotic peptide caerin 1.10 |
| 2. for other activities |
M.A. Apponyi et al. / Peptides 25 (2004) 1035-1054. Host-defence peptides of Australian anurans: structure, mechanism of action and evolutionary significance |