Chemistry:Tachyplesin
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Tachyplesin is an antimicrobial peptide isolated from the horseshoe crab. It has a molecular weight of 2.36 kDa and the amino acid sequence KWCFRVCYRGICYRRCR.[1]
References
- ↑ "Tachyplesin, a class of antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). Isolation and chemical structure". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 263 (32): 16709–13. November 1988. PMID 3141410. http://www.jbc.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=3141410.
Further reading
- "Direct virus inactivation of tachyplesin I and its isopeptides from horseshoe crab hemocytes". Chemotherapy 37 (5): 327–34. 1991. PMID 1666545.
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