Magainin-B2

Entry Magainin-B2
Peptide names Magainin-B2 Magainin-MW1
Suborder Mesobatrachia
Family Pipidae
Genus Xenopus
Species Xenopus borealis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Savanna in northern Tanzania, and central and northern Kenya, above 1500 m elevation. One record for southern Tanzania
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial, antifungal
Tissue Skin
Sequence
Length 23
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 M. Mechkarska et al. / Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 152 (2010) 467-472. Antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential from skin secretions of the Marsabit clawed frog Xenopus borealis (Pipidae)
2. for other activities M. Mechkarska et al. / Peptides 32 (2011) 1502-1508. Peptidomic analysis of skin secretions demonstrates that the allopatric populations of Xenopus muelleri (Pipidae) are not conspecific


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
BioactiveMagainin-B223NoGIGKFLHSAGKFGKAFLGEVMKS 50>100.00