Product Description
Three letter code: H-Lys-Trp-Cys-Phe-Arg-Val-Cys-Tyr-Arg-Gly-Ile-Cys-Tyr-Arg-Arg-Cys-Arg-OH disulfide bond connectivity: 3-16, 7-12
One letter code: KWCFRVCYRGICYRRCR
Counterion: hydrochloride Molecular Mass: 2263.8 CAS # 118231-04-2
Summary: cationic peptide, isolated from acid extracts of horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) hemocyte debris.
Reference: Nakamura, T. et al. (1988), Tachyplesin, a class of antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). Isolation and chemical structure, J. Biol. Chem., 263(32), 16709-16713.
Image: Laederach, A. et al. (2002), Solution and micelle-bound structures of tachyplesin I and its active aromatic linear derivatives, Biochemistry, 41, 12359-12368.
