Cecropin B is a small antibacterial peptide from the giant silkmoth, Hyalophora cecropia. Antimicrobial peptides are essential to innate host defense as effectors of pathogen clearance and can affect host cell to promote wound repair.
Ref: Vaara, M. et al. Antimicrob. Agents Chemo. 38, 2498 (1994); Florack, D. et al. Transgenic Res. 4, 132 (1995); Lee, P. et al. Wound Repair Regen. 12, 351 (2004).
Molecular Weight
3834.7
Sequence (One-Letter Code)
KWKVFKKIEKMGRNIRNGIVKAGPAIAVLGEAKAL-NH2
Sequence (Three-Letter Code)
H - Lys - Trp - Lys - Val - Phe - Lys - Lys - Ile - Glu - Lys - Met - Gly - Arg - Asn - Ile - Arg - Asn - Gly - Ile - Val - Lys - Ala - Gly - Pro - Ala - Ile - Ala - Val - Leu - Gly - Glu - Ala - Lys - Ala - Leu - NH2