Research Article

Discovery of Novel Caeridins from the Skin Secretion of the Australian White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea

Table 5

The amino acid compositions of novel Caeridins, positive peptide melittin, and negative peptide bradykinin.

PeptideAmino acid sequence

Caeridin-1H2N-GLLDGLLGTLGL-CONH2
S5-Caeridin-1N2H-GLLDSLLGGLGL-CONH2
Caeridin-a1H2N-GLFDIVGKLLGGLGL-CONH2
MelittinH2N-GIGAVLKVLTTGLPALISWIKRKRQQ- CONH2 [1517]
BradykininH2N-RPPGFSPFR-COOH [1820]