IKFQFHFD
IKFQFHFD is a pH-responsive and self-assembling peptide. IKFQFHFD is biocompatible at neutral pH and becomes an antimicrobial peptide-like molecular structure only at acidic pH. IKFQFHFD can be used for chronic wounds (venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and pressure ulcers) induced by biofilm infections research.
For research use only. We do not sell to patients.
- CAS No.: 2169935-95-7
- Formula: C54H72N12O12
- Molecular Weight:1081.22
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Storage:
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Biological Activity
Description
Chemical Information
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CAS No. 2169935-95-7
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Molecular Weight 1081.22
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Formula C54H72N12O12
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Sequence
Ile-Lys-Phe-Gln-Phe-His-Phe-Asp
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Sequence Shortening
IKFQFHFD
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Research Protocol for Infectious Diseases
Infectious-disease experiments test how pathogens interact with host barriers, innate immune receptors, inflammatory signaling, pathogen replication, and tissue injury; pattern-recognition receptors such as TLRs, RIG-I-like receptors, NOD-like receptors, and inflammasomes detect microbial molecules and activate NF-κB, interferon, and cytokine responses. The central hypothesis is that infection severity reflects the balance between pathogen burden and host response: protective inflammation restricts pathogen growth, whereas excessive or mislocalized inflammation contributes to tissue damage and disease phenotype. Unresolved questions include which host pathways are protective versus pathogenic, why some infection models fail to translate to human disease, and which combined readouts best predict clinically relevant infection outcomes.
Purity & Documentation
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Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)