| Entry |
Dermaseptin-3 |
| Uniprot code |
P80279 |
| Fasta |
P80279 |
| Peptide names |
Dermaseptin-3 Dermaseptin S3 DS3 |
| Suborder |
Neobatrachia |
| Family |
Hylidae |
| Genus |
Phyllomedusa |
| Species |
Phyllomedusa sauvagii |
| Ecozone |
Neotropic |
| Distribution |
The Chacoan region of eastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), and northern Argentina |
| Antimicrobial & other activities |
antibacterial, antifungal |
| Tissue |
Skin |
| Sequence |
|
| Length |
30 |
| References: |
| 1. for MIC/HC50 |
J.K. Ghosh et al. / JBC 272 (1997) 31609-31616. Selective Cytotoxicity of Dermaseptin S3 toward IntraerythrocyticPlasmodium falciparum and the Underlying Molecular Basis; A. Mor et al. / JBC 269 (1994) 31635-31641. The vertebrate peptide antibiotics dermaseptins have overlapping structural features but target specific microorganisms; T. Jouenne et al. / Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 42 (1998) 87-90. Antibacterial activity of synthetic dermaseptins against growing and non-growing Escherichia coli cultures |
| 2. for other activities |
A. Mor and P. Nicolas / European Journal of Biochemistry 219 (1994) 145-154. Isolation and structure of novel defensive peptides from frog skin |