Tachyplesin

Tachyplesin is an antimicrobial peptide isolated from the horseshoe crab with a molecular weight of 2.36 kDa and the amino acid sequence KWCFRVCYRGICYRRCR.[1]

Tachyplesin I and Tachyplesin II

References
  1. Nakamura T, Furunaka H, Miyata T, et al. (November 1988). "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. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)37448-9. PMID 3141410.

Further reading
  • Murakami T, Niwa M, Tokunaga F, Miyata T, Iwanaga S (1991). "Direct virus inactivation of tachyplesin I and its isopeptides from horseshoe crab hemocytes". Chemotherapy. 37 (5): 327–34. doi:10.1159/000238875. PMID 1666545.
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