Tachyplesin I and Tachyplesin II
Tachyplesin is an
antimicrobial peptide
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also called host defence peptides (HDPs) are part of the innate immune response found among all classes of life. Fundamental differences exist between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that may represent targets for a ...
isolated from the
horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only living members of the order Xiphosura. Despite their name, they are not true crabs or crustaceans: they are chelicerates, most closely related to arachn ...
. It has a molecular weight of 2.36 kDa and the amino acid sequence KWCFRVCYRGICYRRCR.
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Antimicrobial peptides
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