Review Article

Dermaseptins and Magainins: Antimicrobial Peptides from Frogs' Skin—New Sources for a Promising Spermicides Microbicides—A Mini Review

Table 1

Sequences of dermaseptin DS4 and its derivatives.

Peptid Sequence amino aci

S4ALWMTLLKKVLKAAAKAALNAVLVGANA
S4a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _NH2
K4S4( 1–28)_ _ _ K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
K4S4 (1–16)a_ _ _ K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NH2
S4 (6–28)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Amide. A dash indicates that at the specified position, the peptide contains the amino acid identical to that of dermaseptin S4 listed above.