Dermaseptin-H4

Entry Dermaseptin-H4
Uniprot code Q1EJP5
Fasta Q1EJP5
Peptide names Dermaseptin-H4 DMS-H4
Suborder Neobatrachia
Family Hylidae
Genus Phyllomedusa
Species Phyllomedusa azurea
Ecozone Neotropic
Distribution Chacoan regions of eastern Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz provinces), Paraguay, northern Argentina (Salta, eastern Jujuy, Formosa, Chaco, northern Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, and Corrients provinces) and pantanal and cerrado regions of central and western Brazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Goias, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, and Sao Paulo) with an isolated population in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
Antimicrobial & other activities antibacterial
Tissue Skin
Sequence MAFMKKSLFLVLFLGMVSLSICEEEKRENEDEAKQEDDEQSEMKRGLWSTIKNVGKEAAI
AAGKAALGALGEQ
Length 73
Signal peptide class Class-1
References:
1. for MIC/HC50 A.H. Thompson et al. / Peptides 28 (2007) 1331-1343. A combined mass spectrometric and cDNA sequencing approach to the isolation and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea


Segment type Name Length Amidated Sequence HC50 (μM) MIC E. coli (μM) MIC S. aureus (μM)
Signal   22   MAFMKKSLFLVLFLGMVSLSIC    
Prepro23 EEEKRENEDEAKQEDDEQSEMKR   
BioactiveDermaseptin-H425YesGLWSTIKNVGKEAAIAAGKAALGAL 0.80.4