Antimicrobial peptide 6

Entry Antimicrobial peptide 6
Uniprot code P84386
Fasta P84386
Peptide names Antimicrobial peptide 6 XT-6 CPF-SP3
Suborder Mesobatrachia
Family Pipidae
Genus Xenopus
Species Xenopus tropicalis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Forested West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial, antifungal
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 18
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 M.F. Ali et al. / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1550 (2001) 81-89. Antimicrobial peptides isolated from skin secretions of the diploid frog, Xenopus tropicalis (Pipidae);  M. Mechkarska et al. / Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D 6 (2011) 206-212. Genome duplications within the Xenopodinae do not increase the multiplicity of antimicrobial peptides in Silurana paratropicalis and Xenopus andrei skin secretions


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactiveAntimicrobial peptide 618YesGFLGSLLKTGLKVGSNLL>150.005080