Prepromelittin-related peptide

Entry Prepromelittin-related peptide
Uniprot code A7BJK6
Fasta A7BJK6
Peptide names Prepromelittin-related peptide Melittin-related peptide AR-23 MRP
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Ranidae
Genus Rana
Species Rana tagoi
Ecozone Palearctic
Distribution Mountain regions of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands as well as Togoshima in the Oki Archipelago and Yakushima in the Tanegashima Group, Japan
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial, antifungal
Tissue Skin
Sequence MFTLKKSMLLLFFLGTISFSLCQEERDANEEEENGGEVKEEEKRAIGSILGALAKGLPTL
ISWIKNRG
Length 68
Signal peptide class Class-1
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 E. Urban et al. / International Journal of Antimicrobial agents 29 (2007) 317-321. Activities of four frog skin-derived antimicrobial peptides (temporin-1DRa, temporin-1Va and the melittin-related peptides AR-23 and RV-23) against anaerobic bacteria
2. for other activities J.M. Conlon et al. / Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 306 (2003) 496-500. A melittin-related peptide from the skin of the Japanese frog, Rana tagoi, with antimicrobial and cytolytic properties


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
Signal   22   MFTLKKSMLLLFFLGTISFSLC    
Prepro22 QEERDANEEEENGGEVKEEEKR   
BioactivePrepromelittin-related peptide23YesAIGSILGALAKGLPTLISWIKNR812.56