Kassinin

Entry Kassinin
Uniprot code P08611
Fasta P08611
Peptide names Kassinin
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Hyperoliidae
Genus Kassina
Species Kassina senegalensis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Savanna region of tropical Africa from Senegal, southern Mali, and Niger to northern Cameroon, Uganda, Eritrea, western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, thence south to Namibia, Lesotho, and Transvaal and KwaZulu-Natal, Rep. South Africa
Antimicrobial & other activities smooth muscle contraction
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 12
References:
2. for other activities L. Wang et al. / Biochimie 91 (2009) 613-619. Kassina senegalensis skin tachykinins: molecular cloning of kassinin and (Thr2, Ile9)-kassinin biosynthetic precursor cDNAs and comparative bioactivity of mature tachykinins on the smooth muscle of rat urinary bladder


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactiveKassinin12YesDVPKSDQFVGLM