Polyphemusin II
Polyphemusin II is an antimicrobial peptide which can be isolated from Limulus polyphemus hemocytes. Polyphemusin II exhibits antimicrobial activities against various Gram (+)/(-) bacteria and fungi.
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- CAS No.: 125139-68-6
- Formula: C108H161N37O20S4
- Molecular Weight:2425.93
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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. 125139-68-6
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Molecular Weight 2425.93
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Formula C108H161N37O20S4
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Sequence
Arg-Arg-Trp-Cys-Phe-Arg-Val-Cys-Tyr-Lys-Gly-Phe-Cys-Tyr-Arg-Lys-Cys-Arg-NH2 (Disulfide bridge: Cys4-Cys17,Cys8-Cys13)
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Sequence Shortening
RRWCFRVCYKGFCYRKCR-NH2 (Disulfide bridge: Cys4-Cys17,Cys8-Cys13)
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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.
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Calculators
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