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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