BIOPEP-UWM: Report

ID 5383
Name Brevinin-2EC
sequence
GILLDKLKNFAKTAGKGVLQSLLNTASCKLSGQC

Function:
Shows antibacterial activity against representative gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial species, and a very high hemolytic activity.
 
Number of residues
34
Activity code
ab
Activity :
antibacterial
Chemical mass 3521.1498 Monoisotopic mass 3518.9255
EC50 :
0.00 µM



Bibliographic data:
Authors
Simmaco M., Mignogna G., Barra D., Bossa F.;
Title
"Antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Rana esculenta. Molecular cloning of cDNAs encoding esculentin and brevinins and isolation of new active peptides."; J. Biol. Chem. 269:11956-11961.
Year Source
1994 Journal



Additional information:
From Rana esculenta (Edible frog).
Disulfide bond: 28-34

Quoted in: Amiche M., Seon A. A., Pierre T. R., Nicolas P., The dermaseptin precursor : a protein family with a common preproregion and a variable C-terminal antimicrobial domain. FEBS Letters 456(1999) 352-356.



Database reference:
SWISS-PROT: BR2C_RANES