Alyteserin-2a

Entry Alyteserin-2a
Peptide names Alyteserin-2a
Suborder Archeobatrachia
Family Discoglossidae
Genus Alytes
Species Alytes obstetricans
Ecozone Palearctic
Distribution Western Europe from northern Portugal and northern Spain throughout France and through southern Belgium and extreme southern Netherlands to central and southwestern Germany and northern and western Switzerland; introduced into northern England
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 16
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 J.M. Conlon et al. / Peptides 30 (2009) 1069-1073. The alyteserins: Two families of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the midwife toad Alytes obstetricans (Alytidae)


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactiveAlyteserin-2a16YesILGKLLSTAAGLLSNL13515050