Pleurocidin
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| Antimicrobial12 | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Antimicrobial12 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF08107 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR012515 | ||||||||
| TCDB | 1.C.62 | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 142 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1z64 | ||||||||
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Pleurocidin is an antimicrobial peptide found in the mucus secreted by the skin of the winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). It exhibits broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity.[1] Pleurocidin assumes an amphipathic alpha-helical conformation similar to other linear antimicrobial peptides and may play a role in innate host defence.[2]