Review Article

Antimicrobial Peptides as Infection Imaging Agents: Better Than Radiolabeled Antibiotics

Table 2

Natural and synthetic human antimicrobial peptides.

PeptideAmino acidsAmino acid sequenceCode

Ubiquicidin1–59[20]UBI 1–59
1–18KVHGSLARAGKVRGQTPKUBI 1–18
29–41TGRAKRRMQYNRRUBI 29–41
18–29KVAKQEKKKKKTUBI 18–29
18–35KVAKQEKKKKKTGRAKRRUBI 18–35
31–38RAKRRMQYUBI 31–38
22–35QEKKKKKTGRAKRRUBI 22–35

Lactoferrin1–692[27]hLF
1–11GRRRRSVQWCAhLF 1–11
2–11RRRRSVQWCAhLF 2–11
3–11RRRSVQWCAhLF 3–11
4–11RRSVQWCAhLF 4–11
5–11RSVQWCAhLF 5–11
6–11SVQWCAhLF 6–11
21–31FQWQRNMRKVRhLF 21–30

Defensin 1–31–30[28]