XTG 2

Entry XTG 2
Peptide names XTG2 XTG 2 XTG-2
Suborder Mesobatrachia
Family Pipidae
Genus Xenopus
Species Xenopus tropicalis
Ecozone Afrotropic
Distribution Forested West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial
Tissue Brain, Spinal Cord (tadpole)
Sequence MYKGIFLCALLAVICANSLAKPTGSADEENDAVERFARGWGDTFLKTMAKIAKVGPKLLH
SAPRSGEPQGLIGTLTAKQIKKR
Length 83
Signal peptide class Class-4
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 V. Tessera et al. / FEBS Journal (2011) DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08463.x. Identification of antimicrobial peptides from teleosts and anurans in EST databases using conserved signal sequences


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
Signal   20   MYKGIFLCALLAVICANSLA    
Prepro18 KPTGSADEENDAVERFAR   
BioactiveXTG 223YesGWGDTFLKTMAKIAKVGPKLLHS>100.008>64.00